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Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
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NPR’s pop-culture experts talk Kanye West, the Chicago Cubs, and Dick Wolf before their midwest debut
The host and panelists of Pop Culture Happy Hour bring their live show to Chicago for the first time.
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
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George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news
Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
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Chicago’s disturbing violence surge: shootings up 80 percent, and other news
Also, Chicago Public Schools will open more than 250 sites for students during one-day teachers’ strike.
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Where’s Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf’s cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
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Judge drops cop from Cedrick Chatman suit, Chicago Law gets fast-tracked, and other Chicago news
Also, a suburban show choir survives a bus fire, and the Bulls memories we may want to forget.
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Law & Order: SVU goes all Robert Durst in the Jinx’d season-17 opener
The crime procedural pulls inspiration from The Jinx.
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How I spent my summer vacation with Dick Wolf, the Chicago Med cast, and hundreds of tired TV critics
The Television Critics Association’s summer press tour was a hazing ritual of sorts for the cast and crew of Chicago Med.
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Dick Wolf’s Chicago Med offers a dose of ER-esque hospital drama
Sometimes television has an elegant way of coming full circle. In 1994 we slid headfirst on a gurney through the doors of Chicago’s fictional County General Hospital, where we’d spend more than a decade soaking up all the drama (and George Clooney) ER could supply. Presumably the popularity of workplace dramas—particularly those where Chicagoans’ lives […]