Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.
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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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Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news
Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
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The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
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Illinois school funding bill waits on Rauner’s desk after house and senate pass it, and other Chicago news
Also, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan sues the city to enforce police reform.
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Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news
Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
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Illinois senate overrides Rauner’s amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news
Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.
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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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Notorious Cubs fan Steve Bartman receives a 2016 World Series ring, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago reportedly needs $1.3 billion in new revenue and spending cuts by 2023.
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A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.
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Springfield’s ongoing feuding with CPS could stop funding for other Illinois schools if a deal isn’t reached soon, and other Chicago news
Also, an audit shows that Chicago’s pension crisis has gotten worse but the city has more cash.
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Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner’s budget veto, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.
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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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The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news
Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm’s “DUMB TRACK MIND.”
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Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news
Also, Standard & Poor’s calls the Illinois house’s actions a “crucial step” to end budget stalemate.