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Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago...
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2013/05/21 13:13
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Another protest of the Chicago Public School closings is planned for Tuesday in advance of Wednesday's school board vote on school closings. Social workers, counselors and child health professionals...
2013/05/21 06:26
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Article Extras Related Stories Chicago Police led away protesters Monday who blocked elevators in the lobby of City Hall after they vowed to “cause chaos in this city” to stop a sweeping...
2013/05/21 05:13
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Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53...
2013/05/20 21:46
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Roughly two dozen protesters were arrested Monday afternoon during a demonstration at City Hall aimed at preventing the planned closure of more than 50 Chicago schools. Several of those arrested...
2013/05/20 21:13
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More than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and...
2013/05/19 22:13
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Woman found dead at O’HareWoman found dead at O’Hare A woman was found dead near a bus stop at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, authorities said. A woman was found dead near a bus stop at...
2013/05/19 14:53
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Planned school closings in Chicago spark major protests Activists protest against the closure of public schools in Chicago. (File photo) City officials say the closures are needed in order to deal...
2013/05/19 14:46
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Teachers, parents and students marched on the South and West Sides Saturday in the beginning of a three-day protest against the shuttering of 54 Chicago schools. Organized by the Chicago Teachers...
2013/05/19 13:29
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May 19, 2013 (CHICAGO) -- It's the second day of citywide marches for Chicago teachers, parents and students opposed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close dozens of city schools. Teachers are...
2013/05/19 10:36
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The show of force was meant to add weight to a pair of lawsuits filed in recent days. Police-escorted processions snaked through numerous neighborhoods, with protesters stopping at schools, chanting...
2013/05/18 23:39
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It’s obvious when you walk through Lafayette Elementary that music is a big part of the school. Every weekday afternoon, students toting violins, violas and cellos shuffle down the third floor of the...
2013/05/18 21:14
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About 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago...
2013/05/18 03:29
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May 17, 2013 (CHICAGO) -- The head of the Chicago Teachers Union has been re-elected. Karen Lewis says she and the rest of her team won with about 80 percent of the vote. Lewis has been an...
2013/05/18 03:14
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CHICAGO (AP) - Karen Lewis says she and her slate of candidates have been re-elected to top offices of the Chicago Teachers Union. Lewis, the union's president, said she and others running with her...
2013/05/18 03:13
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Chicago 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...
2013/05/18 02:47
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Karen Lewis, the Chicago Teachers Union president who led teachers through contentious contract negotiations that included a work stoppage, and who continues to fight the planned closure of more than...
2013/05/17 18:47
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle repeatedly says she’s not running for mayor in 2015 -- which is what anyone running for mayor would say two years before the election. That was the same...
2013/05/17 05:13
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Making the case to close Ericson Academy on the West Side, Chicago Public Schools officials stressed that it would cost $9.6 million to fix the 51-year-old building. What they didn't point out in...
2013/05/17 01:15
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Pritzker’s nomination could prove controversial. She is on the board of Hyatt Hotels Corp., which was founded by her family and has had rocky relations with labor unions, and she could face questions...