Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Preckwinkle says she has votes for hotel tax hike business calls a job killerNov 08, 2015 10:00 pm - County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Monday she has the nine votes she needs to impose a 1-percent hotel tax and plans to forge ahead with a Friday roll call, de...
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Sun-Times: Officials looking at marriage involving Fox Lake officer's sonNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - Authorities are investigating a marriage involving the son of Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Sources told the Sun-Tim...
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Spike Lee defends 'Chi-Raq'SNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Filmmaker Spike Lee today fired back at critics of "Chi-Raq" who have been offended by his upcoming film about violence in Chicago. "Some people are getting it twisted...
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City Briefings: A sad week in Chicago with no justice for TyshawnNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Police plea for help to solve 9-year-old's murder Flanked by community activists, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy stood at the end of the Gresham alley on Chicago's ...
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Chicago police plea for help to solve 9-year-old's murderNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Flanked by community activists, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy stood at the end of the Gresham alley on Chicago's South Side where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was gunned...
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Emanuel defends record on delivering taxicab reformsNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he had consumer choice in mind when he rushed through rules that will allow ride-hailing services to cash in on the Thanksgiving...
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Feds: Ex-CPS CEO 'fraudulently' steered $40M contract in DetroitNov 02, 2015 10:00 pm - An FBI agent believed corrupt former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett worked to "fraudulently steer" a $40 million contract to one of the country's bigges...
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McCarthy, Emanuel recruit cops: Come one, come all - especially minoritiesNov 01, 2015 10:00 pm - In his pitch Monday to recruit a diverse pool of applicants for an upcoming police entrance exam - the first since 2013 - Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy's approach ...
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Nontenured faculty at University of Chicago files to unionizeOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - Nontenure-track faculty at the University of Chicago have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. They a...
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Judge rules Chicago cop must cover tatoo tribute to fallen soldiersOct 30, 2015 11:00 pm - A Chicago police officer's tattoo is a form of personal expression that might be misinterpreted by the public, a federal judge said, tossing out the legal complaint of t...