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- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2018
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Illinois's late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women's March.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2017
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R. Kelly is allegedly running an abusive ‘cult,’ and other Chicago news
Also, new Chicago Water Department emails show attempts at firearms deals and jokes about the city's gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2017
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Cook County hands layoff notices to about 300 employees as soda tax remains in legal limbo, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm's in Europe to promote Chicago and its tech business.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2017
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Illinois has a budget deal but now has to start paying off its $14.7 billion in overdue bills, and other Chicago news
Also, catching up with Garry McCarthy.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2017
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Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner's budget veto, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2017
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More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner's veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2017
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The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news
Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm's "DUMB TRACK MIND."
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 4, 2017
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Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news
Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2017
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Illinois senate Republican leader Christine Radogno to resign as budget deadline looms, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago's minimum wage goes up to $11 per hour July 1, though the press for $15 per hour continues.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2017
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Trump shades Cubs during White House visit: ‘Your team’s doing OK,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a GOP state representative says Rauner and Madigan need to "sit on the sidelines" to let lawmakers reach a compromise on the long-overdue state budget.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2017
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Three Chicago police officers indicted in connection with Laquan McDonald shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, a lawsuit is hoping to block the Cook County soda tax at the last minute.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2017
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Rahm Emanuel: Trump has transformed the Republican base, and other Chicago news
Also, legal experts say it's "no sure thing" that Jason Van Dyke will be found guilty in the Laquan McDonald case.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2017
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Rauner rejects Emanuel's massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news
Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2017
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The end of an era: Cook County clerk David Orr reportedly won't run again, and other Chicago news
Also, a former pro wrestler, who also happens to be Kellyanne Conway's first client, is running for Illinois governor.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2017
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Alderman Reilly places ‘urgent request’ for more police downtown, and other Chicago news
Also, the parents of a college student who disappeared downtown ten years ago are still looking for answers.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2017
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Moody's and S&P cut Illinois’s bond rating to one step above junk as Springfield fails to reach a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, the battle over gentrification around the 606 has intensified.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2017
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The New York Times: There are ‘some signs of hope’ in ‘Chicago's crisis of violence,’ and other news
Also, an anti-Muslim group is organizing the Chicago March Against Sharia.
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2017
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Chicago Teachers Union considering merging with charter school union, and other news
Also, Emanuel tried to refute Census Bureau data with unscientific U-Haul report.
- Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2017
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The Illinois General Assembly is back in session with little hope for a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson is "ready" for his kidney transplant.
- Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2017
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The Illinois senate is racing against time to reach a ‘grand bargain’ budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, Pat Quinn returns to the state capitol for the unveiling of his official portrait.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2017
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More than 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago in 2017, and other news
Also, there are plenty of condos for sale in the Trump Tower.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2017
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Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Governor Bruce Rauner continue battle over finances, and other Chicago news
Also, federal authorities aren't prosecuting as many gun cases in Chicago as they are in other cities.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2017
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Rauner will give CPS $215 million if legislature passes pension reform bill, and other Chicago news
Also, small, regional state universities are struggling to stay open without state funding.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2017
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Chicago went six days without a murder for the first time since 2012, and other news
Also, even New York mayor Bill de Blasio is sick of Trump's obsession with Chicago violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2017
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Transgender CPS students will still be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, and other Chicago news
The federal government is reportedly paying former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. $138,400 a year.
