Hundreds of Chicagoans demonstrated downtown after a leaked draft of a SCOTUS draft decision threatened abortion rights.
Tag: Kwame Raoul
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Deaths of Black trans women rock Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community
The deaths once again bring an epidemic of violence against the community close to home.
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When crime goes viral
Activists say Illinois’s law that makes it illegal to expose others to HIV is racist and homophobic. Now they’re close to changing it.
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Joravsky’s election predictions—going where the New York Times is too scared to venture
Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.
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Chris Kennedy: Rahm Emanuel wants to push ‘people of color’ out of Chicago, and other news
Also, Chicago’s private-sector job market is booming.
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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news
Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.
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Kwame Raoul wants to stop the violence. Will his new bill accomplish this?
The Illinois state senator defends his proposal to enact stricter sentences for repeat gun-offenders, and laxer ones for non-violent first-time offenders.
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‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news
Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.
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The economic causes of Chicago’s violence
The city continues to pursue policies that advance inequity.
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Congressman warns that Illinois could lose federal funds if state budget impasse isn’t solved, and other Chicago news
Also, state senator Kwame Raoul advocates for increasing sentences for repeat gun-crime offenders.
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Torture Commission can only help victims whose torture stemmed from Burge
Other convicts who may have been tortured into confessing are out of luck, an appellate panel rules.
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Like Governor Rauner, Speaker Madigan says he has the right to do public business in secret
Mike Madigan says the Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to him.
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Who’s Mayor Emanuel meeting with in secret?
As he prepared for reelection, Rahm Emanuel decided that more and more of his doings are none of your business.
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Is Toni Preckwinkle building a political machine?
The county board president has a beef with longtime ally Kwame Raoul