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Michigan Avenue merchants fear they'll be the victims of robbery hoax
The bizarre saga of a 68-year-old woman who said she was forced to hand over jewelry valued at more than $135,000 to a group of menacing young men on the bustling Magnificent Mile reverberated around the country. Some 36 hours later, police had...
Tags: Whitehall, Crime, Law and Justice, Lifestyle and Leisure, Magnificent Mile, Theft
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Separation of Church and State, Career and Workplace
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Road between drivers, cyclists threatens to widen
One morning as Rick Cunningham drove to work at the Chicago Board of Trade, he signaled to a cyclist on his right that he was going to pass the car in front of him. As Cunningham merged back into his lane, apparently close to the biker, the cyclist did...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Vehicles, Wicker Park, Near North Side, Chicago Board of Trade
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Chicago Teachers Union re-elects Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial figure who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel by leading a seven-day strike last fall, was easily re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, Strikes
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When the sun, and mayor, pop up for the arts
Tribune criticEach and every year in Chicago, there is a moment when the problems of the city seem to fall away and everything seems doable and winnable again. It is a moment inextricably tied to the weather. Spring always comes later than even the worst-case scenario....Tags: Arts and Culture, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Garfield Park Conservatory, Entertainment
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CPS gets $1 million for arts education
A push to bring more arts instruction to Chicago Public Schools got a boost Wednesday when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an additional $500,000 in funding for the CPS Arts Education Plan for the coming school year. The new money brings total funding...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Arts, Arts and Culture, NATO Summit, Education
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DePaul plan smells fishy
I am impressed with the grandiose plans for McCormick Place. Two new hotels plus a nice basketball arena for DePaul. I have no problem with the Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans, however, what makes him think that anyone will attend Blue Demon...Tags: McCormick Place, Rahm Emanuel, Sports, Loyola University Chicago, College Sports
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Concealed carry rules for Illinois emerge but face uncertain fate
— A measure spelling out who can carry concealed handguns and where they can carry them emerged Thursday after months of contentious negotiations, a system with one set of rules for violence-plagued Chicago and another for the rest of Illinois....Tags: McCormick Place, Elections, Safety of Citizens, Personal Weapon Control, Health
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: McCormick Place, Scott Waguespack, Illinois Governor, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago City Hall
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Emanuel returns donation from tech firm lobbyist
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has returned a $10,000 campaign donation from a lobbyist for a tech firm disqualified from a city program this week after the Tribune raised questions about potential violations of the mayor's self-imposed limits on political...
Tags: Elections, Chicago City Hall, Human Interest, Rahm Emanuel, Lobbying
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City contract seekers donate to Emanuel despite his own ban
Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business. The donations linked to a company that uses...
Tags: Advertising, Government, Public Officials, Illinois Governor, Freedom of Information Act
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Inspector general blasts red light ticket program
Clout StreetCity Hall cannot back up claims that its controversial red-light camera program is designed to make intersections safer, according to a watchdog's report released Tuesday. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said the city cannot provide documents to prove...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Chicago City Hall, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Rahm Emanuel
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