Articles filed under Chicago
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Emanuel's amusement tax change could cost high rollersOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - High rollers willing to cough up big bucks for tickets to sporting events and hit shows like "Hamilton" could find themselves paying higher prices, thanks to a subtle ch...
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Deal to avoid teacher strike to cost Chicago schools $8.9 billionOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - The cost of the proposed teachers' contract with the Chicago's public school system amounts to about $8.9 billion over four years - a deal that would cost taxpayers at l...
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Chicago to cut cop OT to pay for more policeOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to reduce police overtime by $40 million next year as he begins to deliver on his formidable promise to hire 970 additional police offic...
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Chicago-area sentenced to 7 years in DUI crashOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago-area man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for hitting a motorcycle while driving drunk and severing the motorcyclist's lowe...
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The Latest: Orland Hills police say man never lived in townOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Latest on a small plane crash in East Hartford, Connecticut, near jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Officials...
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Natural gas explosion injures 2 workers in suburban ChicagoOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a natural gas explosion and fire at a townhouse complex in suburban Chicago has injured two utility workers. The explosion in Rom...
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Chicago to offer municipal IDs to undocumentedOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2017 budget includes $1 million for a program to provide identification to people who have trouble getting official photo ID ...
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Soprano Renee Fleming to visit 2 Chicago schoolsOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Famed soprano Renee Fleming plans to lead sing-alongs at two Chicago schools this week as part of Lyric Opera's Chicago Voices project. Fleming on Thursda...
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Judge again rules Van Dyke can't see records of Chicago teenOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County judge has again told a Chicago police officer charged with murder that his defense team can't have access to the teenage victim's juvenile r...
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Chicago Bears' Meredith can learn from mistakesOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - In his first NFL start Sunday at Indianapolis, Chicago Bears wide receiver Cam Meredith caught 9 passes for 130 yards but lost a fourth-quarter fumble after a short rece...