Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Sheriff and feds bust 3 reputed brothels in Chicago areaJun 28, 2017 11:00 pm - Three Chicago-area brothels have been shuttered and the people who allegedly ran them have been arrested after an 11-month investigation by Cook County sheriff's investi...
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Van Dyke testifies for first time in Laquan McDonald caseJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, took the witness stand Wednesday for the first time since he was ...
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Hearing delayed on restraining order to stop Cook County soda taxJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - Legal efforts by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association to stop Cook County's new sweetened beverage tax from taking effect Saturday were delayed another day. Argumen...
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Without state budget, Powerball, Mega Millions drawings end this weekJun 27, 2017 11:00 pm - Without a state budget agreement reached by Saturday, the last Powerball drawing in Illinois will happen Wednesday night, with the last Mega Millions drawing scheduled f...
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Madigan to bring 4-year property tax freeze to vote WednesdayJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Declaring "nobody gets 100 percent," Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday laid out his own spending plan and signaled he's ready to vote on fo...
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CPS borrows another $112 million at exorbitant rateJun 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools has borrowed the rest of the money it needs to start the new school year, again at interest rates about four times what a typical government with ...
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Could visionary Elon Musk deliver O'Hare express service to Chicago?Jun 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Could visionary billionaire Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla fame turn Chicago's elusive dream of building a high-speed rail line between downtown and O'Hare Airport into a...
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Lawsuit says Chicago Basketball Academy defrauds families of thousandsJun 22, 2017 11:00 pm - A private Chicago high school pegged as a basketball academy is being sued for fraud for allegedly refusing to refund thousands of dollars in tuition and fees to parents...
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Tiger Woods firm unveils design for South Side PGA-caliber golf courseJun 21, 2017 11:00 pm - Tiger Woods' design firm on released final designs for a multimillion-dollar plan to merge the Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses into PGA-caliber links, a vision...
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Chicago aldermen get an earful about public participation rulesJun 21, 2017 11:00 pm - Limiting public participation at City Council meetings to 3 minutes a person and 30 minutes overall is "grossly inadequate" and "invites more litigation," aldermen were ...