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Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2016
There’s a huge backlog of deportation cases in Illinois and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm and Rauner trade more jabs on Chicago Public Schools and Donald Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, spring weather, immigration, deportation, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Chicago Public Schools, Snapchat, social media, gun violence, Bronzeville, Commonwealth Edison, clean energy, Whitney Young High School, transgender issues

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2016
Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Chicago years, and other news

Also, Father Pfleger inspired iconic fashion label Versace’s fall ad campaign.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Muhammad Ali, Nation of Islam, Richard J. Daley, gun violence, gang violence, Independent Police Review Authority, Chicago Police Department, Versace, Michael Pfleger, fashion, hip-hop, Chicago Public Schools

Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2016
Chicago Public Schools desperately needs state funding to open in the fall, and other news

Also, the budget battle continues as Rahm slams Rauner by comparing him to Donald Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Ari Emanuel, City Hall, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Glenn Evans, Independent Police Review Authority, McDonald’s, Harpo Studios, Oprah Winfrey, Chicago by Chicagoans, walking tours

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2016
Emanuel narrowly avoids testifying on police code of silence, and other news

Also, despite the scores of shootings over Memorial Day weekend, there were fewer fatalities than last year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, gang violence, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois General Assembly, nuclear energy, Brown’s Chicken massacre, Bruce Rauner, unemployment

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2016
Analyzing Chicago's violence problem and other news

Also, Rahm scores big with Illinois General Assembly override of Rauner's pension bill veto.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, gang violence, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois General Assembly, Bruce Rauner, pensions, Chicago Fire Department, McDonald's, minimum wage, Diana Rauner, Ounce of Prevention, Brookfield Zoo, Cincinnati

Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2016
Uber and Lyft are threatening to leave Chicago, and other news

Also, Rahm called secret City Hall meetings to “get story straight” on Laquan McDonald shooting.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Uber, Lyft, City Council, John Escalante, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Adam Collins, Lori Lightfoot, Independent Police Review Authority, Chicago Police Board, Laquan McDonald, Mike Madigan, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Bruce Rauner, gun violence, Saturday Night Live

Blogs, Bleader May 26, 2016
Less than one-half of 1 percent of arrestees in Chicago saw a lawyer while in police custody, and other news

Also, Dick Durbin says he isn’t interested in running for governor.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Police Department, Freedom of Information Act, employment rates, racial segregation, Dick Durbin, Bruce Rauner, Mike Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls, Noah’s Arc Foundation

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2016
FBI agents shot while serving an arrest warrant in Park Forest, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago police brace themselves for a potentially bloody holiday weekend.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, FBI, Park Forest, gang violence, narcotics, TSA, O’Hare airport, Midway airport, American Airlines, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, Ron Magers, Chicago television

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2016
How the police are using data to predict shooters and victims, and other Chicago news

Also, Drew Peterson’s back on trial for allegedly hiring a hitman to kill a Will County prosecutor.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gun violence, gang violence, Chicago Police Department, Troy LaRaviere, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Principal and Administrators Association, the Loop, Drew Peterson, James Glasgow, Kathleen Savio, Will County, Randolph County, Ebola, Chicago Fire Department, public health

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2016
79th Street rally takes aim at ending gun-violence surge and other Chicago news

Also, people obsessed with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gather to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gang violence, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, Grand Crossing, entertainment, Sinead O’Connor, Patti Smith, Wilmette, Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Rahm Emanuel, Gage Park, Diego Uribe-Cruz, Jafeth Ramos, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Wrigley Field, Ferris Fest, Art Institute of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2016
Houston on track to unseat Chicago as the nation’s third-largest city, and other news

Also, former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to report to prison in June.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, U.S. Census Bureau, Chicago population, Houston, archdiocese of Chicago, Catholic Church, Holy Name Cathedral, Dan Rutherford, Illinois politics, state of Illinois, Dennis Hastert, Thomas Durkin, Donald Trump, Trump International Hotel and Tower

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2016
Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news

Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the "river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago City Council, City of Chicago, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, San Francisco, Chicago Public Schools, Mark Kirk, Donald Trump, GOP, U.S. Senate, Tammy Duckworth, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, NBC, Fox, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Justice, Chicago Med, Empire, Geena Davis, The Exorcist, A.P.B., privatization

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2016
Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news

Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Dante Servin, Rekia Boyd, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, apartments, real estate, Bruce Rauner, Lucas Museum, Rahm Emanuel, gang violence, Chicago Department of Aviation, City of Chicago, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Transportation Security Administration

Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2016
Sinead O'Connor found safe after mysterious disappearance in Wilmette, and other Chicago news

Also, rappers from around the country are flocking to Chicago to make music.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Sinead O’Connor, Wilmette, Logan Square, demographics, U.S. Census, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Laquan McDonald, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Common, Twista

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2016
George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news

Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, San Francisco, George Lucas, Lucas Museum, Friends of the Parks, Independent Police Review Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Tyshawn Lee, Danville, Midway Airport, O’Hare Airport, Dick Wolf, NBC, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2016
Children in wealthy Chicago neighborhoods are in an 'affluence bubble,' and other news

Also, a survey says Bruce Rauner is the nation's sixth-most unpopular governor.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, suburbs, Chicago Public Schools, poverty, Bruce Rauner, Scott Walker, Chris Christie, gangs, Fenger High School, south side, Lee McCollum Jr., Chicagoland, Jackson Park Hospital, Hyde Park, Dennis Hastert, Thomas Durkin

Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2016
Chance the Rapper wants to replace Rahm with Obama, and other Chicago news

Also, a man is shot to death on his front porch over his car keys.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chance the Rapper, Barack Obama, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Ken Bennett, Grand Crossing, gun violence, Sadiq Khan, London, Chicago Infrastructure Trust, University of Chicago Medical Center, Katie Couric, Michael Pfleger

Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2016
Young black activists tally successes, and other Chicago news

Also, Jon Stewart calls Trump a “man baby” during UofC podcast taping.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Black Lives Matter, Black Youth Project 100, activism, Kim Foxx, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, University of Chicago Medical Center, Donald Trump, UIC Pavilion, Independent Police Review Authority, Michael Westley, police-involved shootings, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Jon Stewart, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, University of Chicago, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Cubs, World Series

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2016
Eight people were killed during a bloody Mother's Day weekend, and other Chicago news

Also, time to plan for Lollapalooza.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gun violence, shootings, Chicago Police Department, crime, Bruce Rauner, Fraternal Order of Police, Rahm Emanuel, police pensions, Archer Heights, police-involved shooting, robbery, Lollapalooza, Grant Park

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2016
Survey finds Chicagoans deeply divided by race, and other news

Also, Chicago police are rolling out thousands of body cameras after successful trial run.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Laquan McDonald, race, poverty, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Department of Justice, Christina Eilman, Robert Taylor Homes, Englewood, CTA, body cameras, Eddie Johnson, Jones College Prep, Instagram, gun violence

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2016
Anita Alvarez cedes Laquan McDonald case to special prosecutor, and other Chicago news

Also, what it means to have Empire, Chicago Fire, or the other locally filmed TV shows shoot in your home.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Anita Alvarez, Laquan McDonald, Kim Foxx, Jason Van Dyke, Cook County state’s attorney office, Lucas Museum, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, George Lucas, Friends of the Parks, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, TIF funds, taxes, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Council, Empire, Chicago Fire, filming

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2016
Social service groups with state contracts sue Bruce Rauner, and other Chicago news

Also, the mayor makes the next move in Rahm vs. Friends of the Parks.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Friends of the Parks, Lucas Museum, George Lucas, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Presidential Library, Barack Obama, Jackson Park, Washington Park, Bruce Rauner, Illinois, budget impasse, missing people, Chicago Police Department, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Ambrose Monye, Grant Park, Lollapalooza, NFL Draft, Stacey Dash, Sharknado

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2016
Friends of the Parks rejects Lucas Museum on any lakefront site, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS unveils new policy ensuring transgender students equal access to bathrooms and locker rooms.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, spring weather, Friends of the Parks, Lucas Museum, George Lucas, Rahm Emanuel, McCormick Place, Juanita Irizarry, Chicago Public Schools, transgender rights, LGBTQ issues, Chicago Fire Department, City Hall, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, race, political donations, Taped With Rabbi Doug, Ted Cruz, REO Speedwagon

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2016
Teachers' union is rethinking a spring strike, and other Chicago news

Also, construction on Jeanne Gang’s Vista Tower will start this summer.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Vista Tower, Jeanne Gang, Airbnb, taxes, homeless, Dennis Hastert, Anthony Bourdain, Old Town Ale House, Valois Restaurant, CNN

Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2016
Chicago State University lays off about a third of its staff, and other news

Also, Barack and Michelle reviewed design finalists for the Obama presidential library.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago State University, Illinois General Assembly, state budget, gun violence, homicide rate, shooting rate, Chicago Police Department, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Obama presidential library, south side, Obama Foundation, Navy Pier, City of Chicago, tourism, Chance the Rapper, Jimmy Fallon

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