Articles filed under Chicago
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Lightfoot wants to ban use of marijuana in public places, ban sales in the LoopSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago would prohibit the use of recreational marijuana in public places by all adults and declare the sale of legal weed off limits in the Central Business District un...
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Chicago mayor calls for ban of flavored e-cigarettesSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has added her voice to the call for the banning of flavored electronic cigarettes in the city. Lightfoot on Monday called fla...
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Amazon to add workers, office space to Chicago Loop officeSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Amazon is doubling the number of workers at his operations in Chicago's Loop. The online retailer also is adding 70,000 square feet (6,503 square meters) ...
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Regulators call for law change to make Chicago casino viableSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Gaming Board is calling on lawmakers to change state law to make a Chicago casino viable. A Union Gaming Analytics' study released last month...
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Chicago-area contractor cited for fall, scaffolding hazardsSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A contractor has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration which says workers were exposed to fall and sc...
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State gaming board urges changes in law authorizing Chicago casinoSep 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Gaming Board said Monday that state lawmakers need to change a law they enacted earlier this year if they ever hope to see a casino developed ...
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Political operative accused of plying Solis with Viagra, arranging massage parlor trips is slapped with $25K fine for unregistered lobbyingSep 15, 2019 11:00 pm - A veteran political operative who supplied FBI mole Danny Solis with a steady supply of Viagra and authorities allege arranged for the former alderman to receive sex act...
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System slow to resolve complaints of Chicago police tortureSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Decades after evidence first emerged that Chicago police detectives were repeatedly winning confessions through coercion and torture, the Cook County crim...
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Chicago installs lakefront barriers to shield against damageSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials say crews will install hundreds of yards of barriers along Lake Michigan to guard against flood damage from storms in the fall and winte...
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Chicago company plans 1,800-acre Indiana solar farmSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - FAIRBANKS, Ind. (AP) - A renewable energy company is aiming to start construction later this year on a solar farm over about 1,800 acres in rural western Indiana. Chicag...