Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago mayor's pension fix includes legal marijuana, casinoDec 12, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to legalize marijuana and open a city-owned casino to help pay down the city's $28 billion public-pension debt. Emanuel's...
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High levels of manganese found at Chicago storage facility.Dec 12, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal officials say that air monitors recorded dangerous levels of brain-damaging manganese near a storage facility on Chicago's Southeast Side. The Chi...
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Bears out for payback against Packers on SundayDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - If revenge truly is a dish best served cold, then Soldier Field is the perfect setting for the Bears to inflict some payback on the Packers Sunday afternoon, when they c...
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Elon Musk's Chicago tunnel moves closer to realityDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Elon Musk's planned tunneling project in Chicago, seemingly jeopardized when its biggest champion said he would not run for reelection, has taken an important step close...
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A lot has changed since Packers, Bears last metDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - LAKE FOREST - What is the biggest difference in the Green Bay Packers since the opening night of the 2018 season? The team that came back from a 20-0 deficit with less t...
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Uzbek delegation visits Arlington HeightsDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - A delegation from the Uzbekistan government has been in the Chicago area this past week, including Arlington Heights, which is home to the Uzbek American Association of ...
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Progressive aldermen move to strip Burke of $100M-a-year worker's comp programDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - Progressive aldermen moved Wednesday to strip the Finance Committee chaired by Alderman Edward Burke of control over Chicago's $100 million-a-year workers' compensation ...
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Chicago police seize $1 million worth of marijuanaDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Three men have been arrested on felony drug charges after police seized more than $1 million worth of marijuana during raids of a condominium in Chicago a...
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U. of Illinois at Chicago professor bequeaths school $1MDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A popular art history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago who died last year has left $1 million to the school where he taught for three de...
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Chicago mayor: Hike gas tax to pay for transportation fixDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the state's motor-fuel tax should be increased to fund highway and bridge improvements. The Democrat an...