Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.
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Homicides and shootings decreased overall in 2017 but not in every neighborhood, and other Chicago news
Also, a divorce between Jesse Jackson Jr. and Sandi Jackson appears inevitable, says Jackson Jr.
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Emanuel declares Chicago a ‘Trump-free zone’ after Sessions announces plan to end DACA, and other news
Also, Latino students are on pace to become the majority at CPS in a few years.
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Cook County soda tax could lead to Illinois losing $87 million in funding for food stamps, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago just sent comedian Rachel Dratch a ticket for a 1997 parking violation.
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Rauner vetoes school funding bill, and other Chicago news
Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.
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Rahm: Trump never revealed the name of the cop who claimed to be able to solve Chicago’s gun violence issues ‘in a couple of days,’ and other news
Also, the Cook County penny-per-ounce soda tax will go into effect Wednesday.
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Report: Emanuel administration ‘diverted’ millions of TIF dollars to Navy Pier renovations, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Kennedy discusses the Kennedy family history with gun violence.
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Cook County hands layoff notices to about 300 employees as soda tax remains in legal limbo, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm’s in Europe to promote Chicago and its tech business.
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More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner’s veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.
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Madigan’s wish list of demands required for budget deal with Rauner, and other Chicago news
Also, a tour of DuSable Museum of African American History is now required for Chicago police recruits.
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Chicago hit 300 homicides over Father’s Day weekend, and other news
Also, less than a quarter of Chicago teens reportedly attend their neighborhood public high schools.
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Chris Kennedy: J.B. Pritzker does not ‘deserve’ to be governor, and other Chicago news
Also, the city removed 12 red-light cameras after a study showed they were not preventing crashes.
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The New York Times: There are ‘some signs of hope’ in ‘Chicago’s crisis of violence,’ and other news
Also, an anti-Muslim group is organizing the Chicago March Against Sharia.
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Alderman Raymond Lopez under police protection after retaliatory threats from gangs, and other Chicago news
Also, former mayor Richard M. Daley’s photo has finally been added to the wall of mayors at City Hall.
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Emanuel launches new climate change section on city website using information deleted from EPA, and other Chicago news
Also, there’s speculation that Forrest Claypool’s days at Chicago Public Schools are numbered.