For the last few days, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other prominent lefties have sounded the alarm to Dems across the land. Do not support President Biden’s nomination of Mayor Rahm as ambassador to Japan. As he—Rahm, not Biden—buried evidence of murder in the Laquan McDonald shooting. And Dems have responded with their middle fingers metaphorically […]
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Tammy Duckworth will be the first senator ever to give birth, and other Chicago news
Also, Legionnaires’ Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.
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Forrest Claypool abruptly resigns as Chicago Public Schools CEO, and other news
Also, every Chicago police patrol officer now has a body camera.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
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Appeals court rules in Chicago’s favor and against Jeff Sessions in sanctuary city lawsuit, and other news
Also, Auschwitz survivor “Ben the Barber” dies at 98.
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Cook County soda tax could lead to Illinois losing $87 million in funding for food stamps, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago just sent comedian Rachel Dratch a ticket for a 1997 parking violation.
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Rauner rejects Emanuel’s massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news
Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.
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Could Divvy be expanded to include people with disabilities?
Chicago should consider adding adaptive cycles to its bike-share program.
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DuPage Democrats have a chance to unseat Roskam, Trump’s health-care rubber-stamper
The Sixth District congressman could be vulnerable in his 2018 reelection bid.
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Chance the Rapper donates $1 million to CPS, and other Chicago news
Also, the Aviary is expanding to New York.
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CPS sues Illinois over ‘unequal’ and ‘separate’ school funding, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has presented attorney general Jeff Sessions with a list of ways the federal government can help stop gun violence in Chicago.
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Rahm stops by O’Hare in solidarity with immigration ban protesters, and other Chicago news
Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.
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Chicago responds to President Trump
Artists, writers, musicians, academics, activists, and politicians—even Rahm!—weigh in on the new administration: the threats, the fears, the absurdity.
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Rahm Emanuel releases several years’ worth of e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, outgoing Republican senator Mark Kirk laments the lost of the moderate establishment in the age of Trump.
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Wikileaks reveals Rahm’s Clinton-like custom e-mail domain, and other Chicago news
Also, Black Lives Matters Chicago wants to help pay for Joshua Beal’s funeral.