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Live results: Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the Chicago mayoral runoff election
Brandon Johnson bested Paul Vallas in a heated runoff to be Chicago's mayor after voters denied Lor…
John L. Dorman
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Lifting mask mandates is 'reasonable,' US health experts say, but they're not taking off their own masks anytime soon
Public-health experts aren't removing their masks anytime soon, but some think it's reasonable for …
Aria Bendix
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Democrats choose Chicago, a target of years of GOP attacks about crime, for 2024 convention
Crime was a defining issue of Chicago's latest mayoral election and has also long been a target for…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Some Chicago parents are getting $1,000 stipends for transit, Uber, or Lyft to get kids to school as the labor shortage hits bus drivers
More than 70 Chicago bus drivers quit right before the school year began because the school system …
Madison Hoff
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Chicago's ambitious plan to convert 5 million square feet of empty office space into affordable housing places a big bet on remote work
Commercial offices in downtown Chicago are going to be converted to mixed-income residential housin…
Helaine Krysik
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As NYC's first-ever rat czar gets to work, cities like Boston and Chicago are looking for inspiration to fix their own rodent problems
Boston City Council President Ed Flynn recommended hiring for a similar position "to hopefully one …
Jordan Hart
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Chicago teachers follow up a historic 2019 strike with a 2020 ultimatum: schools won't open in person
Ten Chicago teachers and their union detailed the events that led to the county's third-largest sch…
Allana Akhtar,Juliana Kaplan,…
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Elite prep school Horace Mann accused of pay-to-play admissions scam in whistleblower lawsuit
A lawsuit claims a tech executive cheated on his taxes and gave Horace Mann $1 million to give his …
Jack Newsham
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Teachers' unions should just admit they don't want to come back to school until the pandemic is over
Politically powerful teachers' unions should just say it: "We're not going back to school, and you …
Anthony L. Fisher
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Chicago cancels Monday classes as the fight between the mayor and teachers union over COVID-19 measures enters a second week
The Chicago Teachers Union wants to return to solely remote learning, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot said…
Sinéad Baker
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Some parents are suing the Chicago Teachers Union after their refusal to teach in person caused classes to be canceled
In the lawsuit, parents said the teachers union was "silencing parents' input about what is best fo…
Katie Balevic
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Former Chicago Blackhawks prospect Kyle Beach reveals he's the 'John Doe' who said a team coach sexually assaulted him in 2010
Beach, who says a Chicago Blackhawks video coach sexually assaulted him in 2010, has filed a neglig…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Trump is owed a $1 million tax refund for his Chicago skyscraper but local officials are trying to block it
An Illinois tax agency ruled the building was over-assessed in 2011. The refund would come out of p…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Defeat for many culture war 'extremists' who tried to take control of school boards and lost to liberal, union-backed candidates
Many right-wing candidates lost school board elections in Illinois and Wisconsin despite book banni…
Bethany Dawson
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Chicago mayor promises changes in search warrant policies after police stormed the wrong apartment, and left a woman naked and handcuffed inside as she pleaded for answers
Chicago police using faulty information from an informant obtained a search warrant and raided a wo…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Guns are now the leading cause of death for kids. Doctors say they've had enough — and they're calling for 2 simple policy changes.
In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, doctors are calling for policies similar to Switzerland, where …
Andrea Michelson,Hilary Brueck
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Chance the Rapper is giving $1 million to help save Chicago public schools
CPS needs $215 million to help balance this year's budget, and Illinois Republican Governor Bruce R…
Paul Schrodt
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The young lawyer who became the 'Don Quixote' of canceling student debt
Austin Smith has argued that courts systematically misinterpreted the bankruptcy code in student le…
Cezary Podkul
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Another fast-food boss sounds the alarm on US crime: McDonald's CEO echoes Starbucks' safety concerns – but doubles down on chain's commitment to Chicago
McDonald's President and CEO Chris Kempczinski talked about the corrosive effect crime can have on …
Sarah Belle Lin
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Kim Kardashian's sisters say Kanye West is 'gaslighting' her in his public co-parenting attacks
Khloé Kardashian said that both Kanye West's comments about co-parenting and backlash to Kim's comm…