People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black
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It might feel like 105 degrees today
After last night’s apocalyptic hailstorm, today’s forecast calls for hot. And it may feel like 105, according to the National Weather Service. About 22,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning. (Tribune/Sun-Times) A massive lightning bolt struck Willis Tower last night. (Chicagoist) FBI A Chicago woman is accused of donning a nun costume and […]
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Alderman: Emanuel aide threatened me
Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno says an Emanuel aide threatened to cut off his access to the mayor if he challenged a key administration appointment. (Sun-Times) Toni Preckwinkle: We’ve lost the war on drugs. (Tribune) After a botched robbery results in the assailant’s death, a family mourns. (Sun-Times)
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Safer pedestrian crossings could be on the way
What does the future of pedestrian traffic in Chicago look like? The city’s new transportation chief has some ideas. (Sun-Times) Oops. A bookkeeping error showed the county had $90 million more in tax revenue in 2010 than it actually did. But President Toni Preckwinkle says the error won’t have an adverse effect on the county’s […]
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Jerry Butler: Soul Survivor
Jerry “Iceman” Butler was an A-list soul singer, playing with Curtis Mayfield and Otis Redding. Today, he mulls taxes and health care as the longest-serving member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
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Preckwinkle Outlines Reforms After Employees Found Having Sex and Drinking on County Time
You may have heard about the teen sex romp at the Cook County Forest Preserve’s Cermak Aquatic Center, in which not only did employees drink, have sex on the job, and provide alcohol to minors, they also stole thousands of dollars in cash and accumulated more than $166,000 in unapproved overtime and paid lunch breaks. […]
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Morning Newsfeed: Cops Arrested for Sex Assault, Cook County Investigations, CIA in Libya, and More
New Chicago cops are accused in a north-side sexual assault. They allegedly gave a young woman a ride home, then followed her inside, then sexually assaulted her. (ABC7) The city is poised to privatize recycling, but that’s pretty much already the way it is. (Sun-Times/Reader archives) A new ordinance requires horse-drawn carriage drivers to clean […]
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For Preckwinkle, Rewards Are Hard to Find
New Cook County president has accomplished much, but finds little joy in the job