Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.
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Representative Luis Gutiérrez responds to Trump: the president’s not offering real solutions to Chicago violence, and other news
Also, El Chapo’s son’s bodyguard has been extradited to Chicago.
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Trump signs executive order to end federal funding of sanctuary cities, including Chicago, and other news
Also, CPD Chief Eddie Johnson hopes Trump won’t send National Guard troops to Chicago.
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Shootings, homicides on the rise during a violent January, and other Chicago news
Also the Newberry Library is collecting signs from the Women’s March on Chicago.
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O’Hare aviation cops will no longer respond to incidents outside security barrier, and other Chicago news
Also, Bow Truss coffee shops didn’t open Thursday because unpaid employees walked out.
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Trump: If Rahm can’t solve Chicago’s gun violence crisis, he should ask for federal help, and other Chicago news
Also, former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy says Black Lives Matter is causing an increase in violent crime.
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Former CPD top cop McCarthy slams police, and other news
Also, Rahm considered a city-only lottery to generate revenue.
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Remembering Carrie Fisher’s Blues Brothers time in Chicago, and other news
Also, a billionaire actually asked Rahm to close Monroe Street in the Loop during his daughter’s wedding.
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Report: President Barack Obama is planning to say farewell at McCormick Place, and other Chicago news
Also, who knew that being the city’s “harbor boss” was such a challenging gig?
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Rahm Emanuel releases several years’ worth of e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, outgoing Republican senator Mark Kirk laments the lost of the moderate establishment in the age of Trump.
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Mendoza and Munger continue to spar even though the comptroller’s race is over, and other Chicago news
Also, former Mayor Daley is scheduled for deposition in January in a Jon Burge-related torture lawsuit.
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Alderman Willie Cochran indicted by grand jury for wire fraud, bribery, and extortion charges, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm makes a surprise pick to replace Susana Mendoza as city clerk.
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Rahm Emanuel makes it clear that he’s not running for DNC chair or president in 2020, and other Chicago news
Also, Lakeview’s The Alley is set to reopen in 2017.
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CPD top cop: Only ‘certain parts of the city’ are violent, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants Governor Bruce Rauner to publicly support Chicago’s sanctuary city status.
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Black politicians call for investment in poverty-stricken areas to end gun violence, and other Chicago news
Also, video of a racist rant at a Lakeview craft store is going viral.