Also, the City Council approved Emanuel’s 2018 budget with a 47-3 vote.
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Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
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Former alderman Fioretti running against Preckwinkle for Cook County Board president, and other Chicago news
Also, an Illinois Republican congressman calls on the GOP to “disown every aspect of” Roy Moore.
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Cubs, Blackhawks, large concert venues are not fans of Emanuel’s concert ticket tax increase, and other Chicago news
Also, the City Council approved a $95 million police training academy despite a plea from Chance the Rapper.
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Former president Barack Obama reports for Cook County jury duty, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel’s plan to build $95 million police training academy.
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Alderman Ameya Pawar slams Ed Burke for representing Trump in tax refund lawsuit, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is close to surpassing 600 homicides for the second year in a row.
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Blagojevich brings his appeal to the Supreme Court, and other Chicago news
Also, the Obama Presidential Center will feature a public library instead of a presidential library.
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Rahm’s budget speech filled with whoppers and half-truths
The mayor did what he does best: avoid reality and praise himself.
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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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Grand jury still weighing more indictments in the Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news
Also, the Field Museum is giving Sue her own private suite.
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Judge continues block of Cook County ‘pop tax’ until at least Friday, and other Chicago news
Also, the EPA approved Chicago’s dry ice method of killing rats.
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How Governor Rauner is weaponizing the Illinois tax hike
He’s emerged from the budget crisis with a convenient cudgel in the run-up to the 2018 election.
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The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants, and other Chicago news
Also, Governor Bruce Rauner gets a new chief of staff from a high-profile conservative group following the tense budget battle.
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Illinois senate Republican leader Christine Radogno to resign as budget deadline looms, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago’s minimum wage goes up to $11 per hour July 1, though the press for $15 per hour continues.
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Trump shades Cubs during White House visit: ‘Your team’s doing OK,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a GOP state representative says Rauner and Madigan need to “sit on the sidelines” to let lawmakers reach a compromise on the long-overdue state budget.