Let’s hope voters in states from North Dakota to West Virginia appreciate senatorial independence from Trump.
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Groups fight huge expansion of police drone monitoring of protests
The Illinois legislature could vote again this week on whether to allow drones equipped with controversial facial recognition software to monitor large public events.
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Suburban opioid pill mill devastated our communities, leaders of ten Illinois towns say in lawsuit
Suburbs including Melrose Park, Berwyn, and River Forest say the doctors and drug companies oversold opioids, “causing widespread harm.”
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Sixteen months after cops killed Joshua Beal, still no ruling on whether the shooting was justified
Neither of the off-duty officers involved in the shooting or the dispute that preceded it were in full uniform, as police have claimed.
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Legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois, Chicago and suburban voters say
Cook County voters overwhelmingly came down in favor of making weed completely legal Tuesday.
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Chicago-area students take to streets to protest gun violence even as scare hits Northwestern
While a report of a gun on campus turned out to be a hoax, it heightened fears on a day of a nationwide walkout.
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Know thy mayor: A few of Rahm’s favorite things
Mayor Emanuel’s picks for reading, dining, and recreation, from fly fishing to Faust to Four Moon Tavern
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Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor
We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don’t have to.
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‘Chuy’ García vows to keep fighting Chicago machine from Congress
The Cook County commissioner also opens up about his flip on the soda tax and why he decided not to take challenge Rahm again.
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Rahm’s dream of an express train to O’Hare is like a nightmare from Trump
Is a 20-minute ride to the airport really worth $30 and millions of dollars of taxpayer money?
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Ex-Chicago police oversight head: ‘I don’t know Rahm well’
Attorney general hopeful Sharon Fairley says there’s more to her candidacy than her work for IPRA.
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Before hipster coffee ruined your neighborhood
The Reader’s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every day in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds. For years, the “Our Town” section of the Reader profiled ordinary Chicagoans doing ordinary things. You’d read about it for the way the writing brought them to life. Neal Pollack’s 2000 “Coffee […]
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The new public face of Rahm Emanuel’s school closing policies
The mayor brings in a new CPS CEO, Janice Jackson, just in time to shutter more schools.
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Forrest Claypool messed with the wrong alderman
The brownnosing Chicago Public Schools CEO gets “dunked on” after questioning the honesty of tough-as-nails Tenth Ward alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza.
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The Amazon HQ2 deal could sell Chicagoans down the river
If city and state officials are successful in their effort to persuade the behemoth online retailer to build a second headquarters here, Chicagoans can all expect to pay big.