Also, City Council Black Caucus chair Roderick Sawyer criticizes Garry McCarthy for being “disrespectful to black people.”
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Google adds Chicago to short list for new office that would add thousands of jobs, and other news
Also, New York native David Axelrod reminds the mayor that he’s not from Chicago either.
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Suicide along the el
Heartbreak, trauma, economics, and the CTA’s new prevention effort
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel feeling good about Chicago Public Schools as the 2017-’18 school year begins, and other news
Also, the Obama Foundation wants to change the nation’s stereotypes about the south side.
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The MLB is investigating domestic abuse allegations against Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, and other Chicago news
Also, actor Stacy Keach speaks after his onstage heart attack.
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Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news
Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.
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In Illinois, a cancer diagnosis doesn’t guarantee access to medical marijuana
Doctors statewide have been reluctant to prescribe medical marijuana—even to patients battling serious illnesses.
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Impending death is not necessarily a negative development
In getting a new liver, I consider myself fortunate in one small respect in addition to the obvious big one.
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A federal judge allows Ron Dorfman and Ken Ilio to get married
A federal judge allows Ron Dorfman and Ken Ilio to get married
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Death of a cyclist
A collision between a bike commuter and motorist raises questions about whether we’re too lenient toward those who drink and drive.
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The landmarks commission stages a Prentice do-over, with the same result
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks votes again to dump protection for Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital.
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Save Prentice or save lives
Save Prentice or save lives: Northwestern’s demolition campaign stoops to conquer
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Rahm’s no-brainer
Prentice hospital gives Rahm Emanuel a golden opportunity to play the hero
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Champions of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital may be cloutless, but they shouldn’t be
A generation of powerful Chicago women had babies there, and many of those babies are themselves now grown and influential