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Fmr. Chicago Public Schools CEO: 'Why on earth would anyone want to be a Chicago cop?'
Paul Vallas, former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools, has expressed concerns about anti-police bias in media and the violent crime rates that contribute to making policing in Chicago an unappealing and dangerous job.
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"A Voice of the Voiceless:" Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt, 34, chronicled in 40-page memoir
The life of 34 year-old Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt has been chronicled in a new 40 page biography, published on Amazon.
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Clarence Page: ‘Black folks are very much in favor of school choice, too’
Chicago columnist Clarence Page, who is Black, said he shifted from being anti-school choice to pro-school choice back in the 1980s.
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Tribune City Hall reporter Greg Pratt reassigned to 'investigative team'
Tribune City Hall reporter Greg Pratt reassigned to 'investigative team'
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Police union requests removal of disciplinary cases from civilian board cops contend is biased
An attorney for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 has petitioned the Chicago Police Board, a civilian disciplinary board, to surrender 20 cases for referral to an independent arbitrator, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Van Pelt to officially retire after asked abut absence: ‘It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve the people of the 5th Senate District’
State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) has announced her retirement after being a no-show all legislative session in Springfield.
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Johnson appoints Ponce de Leon Deputy Mayor to head Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee rights.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson earlier this month appointed Beatriz Ponce de León to the newly created position of Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights.
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Pay-to-play Tribune reporter Greg Pratt touts book on former Mayor Lightfoot slated for 2024 release from publisher focused “celebrating black experience,” feminism and LGBTQ+
The Tribune’s lead City Hall reporter Gregory Pratt, who was caught soliciting and receiving GoFundMe.com donations from sources he covers, announced on Twitter he has written a book about former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenure in office.
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ICYMI: Rep. Kelly Celebrates Groundbreaking of Dixmoor Water Infrastructure Project
In case you missed it, Congresswoman Kelly was joined by Congressman Jonathan Jackson, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Village of Dixmoor to break ground on a new water main project.
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Ibendahl : ‘Don Tracy definitely needs to go’
Attorney Doug Ibendahl is throwing his support behind a movement to remove Don Tracy as the head of Illinois’ Republican Party.
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GOP: ‘Jones III was indicted for taking a $5,000 bribe from a red-light camera company’
State Sen. Emil Jones III (D-Chicago) was recently highlighted by the Illinois Republican Party Facebook group as it unveiled its “Continuing Corruption” series detailing state corruption.
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Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago: "We want to make sure we can keep shuffling here in the city of Chicago with the Bears.”
In a bid to keep the Chicago Bears football team in the city, Mayor Brandon Johnson recently met with Bears executives, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Wirepoints on the nascent Chicago School Board: ‘A draft map released last week is gerrymandered by race’
As the creation of a Chicago School Board is underway the school board district the city has created has been questioned.
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Prosecutors: Man arrested for alleged sexual assault three days after being released on parole
Anthony Richardson, who was recently paroled is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who had passed out from drug use in an elevator at the Grand Red Line station in Chicago.
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Lightfoot spokeswoman: 'The Lightfoot campaign email list included hundreds of thousands of email addresses, with new recipients subscribing daily'
Recently released records show that former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was told to stop electioneering almost a year before her campaign tried to recruit Chicago Public Schools students to aid in her re-election efforts.
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South Shore residents sue City of Chicago over plan to use local shuttered high school to house asylum seekers
A group of South Shore-area residents are suing the City of Chicago over plans to use a shuttered high school as a respite city for noncitizen immigrants.
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Chicago's Johnson on growing migrant influx: 'There's enough room for everyone in the city of Chicago'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pointing an accusatory finger at Republican governors across the country for Illinois' growing migrant problems.
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Tribune political reporter Pearson, accused of slanting stories to get state job for wife, wins "lifetime achievement" award from Chicago journalism group
A Chicago Tribune political reporter, once accused of writing favorable stories about former Illinois Gov. George Ryan in exchange for a state job for his wife, has received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Chicago Headline Club.
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Chicago GOP on comments about having sex with talk show host Dan Proft's mother: 'They should be fired for continuing that discussion for any length of time'
The Chicago GOP called for firing of WSCR sports talk radio show producer Shane Riordan after Chicago City Wire reported that Riordan said on the air, "Dan, I’ll have sex with your mother,” referring to the mother of conservative talk show host Dan Proft.
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WSCR radio producer Riordan to Proft: I’ll rape your mother
The producer of a Chicago afternoon sports talk radio show said Thursday on-air that he would rape the mother of conservative talk host Dan Proft