Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Study says City Council growing more independentMay 17, 2017 11:00 pm - The City Council is making "glacial progress" toward shedding its reputation as a rubber stamp because Mayor Rahm Emanuel is "undeniably weaker" and the city's recalcitr...
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Emanuel's plan to cut amusement tax for ticket resellers stallsMay 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to cut the city's amusement tax ran into a roadblock Wednesday from aldermen bracing for a painful rescue of the Chicago Public Schools. Emanue...
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Emanuel considering taxes on rich, downtown businesses to fund CPSMay 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel might seek new taxes on downtown businesses, "high net-worth individuals" or both to dig the Chicago Public Schools out of a $596 million hole without...
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Key recruiter from suburbs helping Amazon add 2,000 Illinois jobsMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - Kathleen Carroll was a Marine Corps platoon commander in Kuwait and Iraq. Now, Carroll, who grew up in Lincolnshire, heads Amazon's recruitment efforts, which keeps her ...
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Former Dorothy Brown deputy pleads not guilty in lying caseMay 10, 2017 11:00 pm - A former top deputy to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges alleging she lied to federal investigators in a long-runni...
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Chicago schools far deeper in red than expectedMay 08, 2017 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools actually need $596 million to keep schools open the rest of the school year, and not just the $129 million officials have publicly discussed, ...
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Alderman stands by remarks that provoked gang threatMay 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Southwest Side Alderman Raymond Lopez said Tuesday he has no regrets about a remark that prompted a notorious Chicago street gang to make threats against him so credible...
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Ethics Board not tough enough against lobbyists to satisfy IGMay 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Chicago's reinvigorated Board of Ethics has been flexing its muscle plenty against lobbyists who emailed Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the mayor's private accounts and failed ei...
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Indicted Cook County judge rushing to trial in federal courtMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - A criminally indicted Cook County judge could face trial as soon as August - and maybe even sooner. Cook County Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien appeared in federal court for...
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Aldermen to push for more assault weapons for copsMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Watch for four Chicago aldermen - all former cops - to pull the trigger so more police officers can use military-style assault rifles since the shooting of two on-duty D...