Articles filed under Chicago
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Chico promises western access to O'Hare if elected, then to tax resulting entertainment districtFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - Mayoral candidate Gery Chico on Friday rolled out an innovative idea to honor his promise not to put "another brick on the back" of Chicago taxpayers: a special taxing a...
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Tom Ricketts meets with Muslims in wake of father's racist emailsFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts met with representatives from the Muslim community at the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for 90 minutes ...
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Three charged in January 2018 murder of Naperville man found in Chicago trash binFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - First-degree murder charges have been filed against three suspects in the January 2018 death of 20-year-old Naperville resident Michael Armendariz. Armendariz was report...
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Carol Stream-area teen reported missingFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago police are searching for a Carol Stream-area teen who has been missing since Thursday. Police said Ayla Habibovic, 18, was last seen on the 200 block of South Mi...
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2 suburban Chicago freeway shootings aren't believed linkedFeb 07, 2019 6:00 am - OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say they don't believe there's a connection between shootings several hours apart on a suburban Chicago highway in which a longtime p...
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Ford to invest $1 billion, hire 500 at Chicago factoriesFeb 07, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Ford Motor Co. plans to invest $1 billion and add 500 jobs at its plants in Chicago as the automaker launches three new SUVs. Ford announced at the Chicag...
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Chicago building where 10 died in fire to be demolishedFeb 07, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago apartment building where 10 children died in a fire last summer will be demolished. The Chicago Tribune reports attorneys representing the city ...
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Burke only had to ask to get tax breaksFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Alderman Edward M. Burke - who's in the re-election fight of his life as he faces a criminal charge that he tried to extort a fast-food franchise owner - got property ta...
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Amid all the auto show hype, a lot of affordable family vehiclesFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Industry experts batted away talk of tariffs and higher interest rates at the Chicago Auto Show media preview Thursday. "The fact is life is good and consumer confidence...
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Panel pitches plan to pay poor $1,000 a monthFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Each month, 1,000 struggling Chicagoans would get $1,000, no strings attached, to help break the cycle of poverty, under a trail-blazing pilot program proposed Thursday ...