Also, the City Council approved Emanuel’s 2018 budget with a 47-3 vote.
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Hard hat, lunch pail: The myth of toughness in Chicago sports
How the fabled athletic monsters of Chicago’s Midway were created
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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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United Airlines’ public relations crisis continues as its stock falls, and other Chicago news
Also, the city of Chicago has announced that its buildings will be entirely powered by renewable energy by 2025.
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Dipping into TIF accounts to avoid a teachers’ strike, Mayor Rahm finally does the right thing
For years Reader columnist Ben Joravsky has been pushing the mayor to do just this.
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The method to Joe Maddon’s madness
How the Cubs’ quirky new manager, Joe Maddon, has managed to make the Lovable Losers a winning team.
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Cubs’ 17-0 win last night the most lopsided shutout in interleague history
But not as lopsided as the north-siders’ 22-0 loss at Wrigley in 1975.
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Six surprising things I learned at Wrigley Field this year so far
Some surprises at Wrigley Field this year, so far.
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Kris Bryant era to begin today at Wrigley
The Cubs’ slugging phenom has been paroled from Iowa.
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Can the rejuvenated Cubs go O for March?
Cubs sluggers go back-to-back-to-back as the team goes back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back.
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White Sox and Cubs climb to 16 under—and just wait till next year!
Both teams were less bad this season.