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Second bomb threat in two days forces evacuation of Highland Park elementary school
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Strikes against Stellantis and GM spread to 38 locations in 20 states, including Illinois
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Records show at least two Chicago City Council members aren’t accepting a pay raise
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Top cop takes blame for not stopping the Sox game after stadium shooting
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A Chicago school where six students were killed last year leads a march for peace
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When Magic Happens: Thank you for being a friend
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National Book Award finalist: “I just wanted to go where the fun was”
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Johnson administration defends contract with private defense firm to prop up migrant ‘base camps’
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City Council panel votes to raise minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers
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Chicago students’ math scores lag behind pre-pandemic levels
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team will scrap INVEST South/West name, but not its aims
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‘A good place:’ Queer youth seek acceptance at state’s first foster home for LGBTQ+ teens
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U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans
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CPS enrollment stabilizes for first time in a decade
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Chicago’s tipped workers could soon get a higher minimum wage. Here’s what to know.
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Cook County wants to spend about $14 million to buy two suburban hotels for the unhoused
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More senior citizens are giving cannabis a try
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City Council ordinance would limit sales of Delta-8 drug
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A South Side elementary school is a model for how CPS hopes to improve math performance
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Courts in counties across Illinois take first steps into a world without cash bail
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Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day street closures defended by mayor, criticized by revelers
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Illinois Dems criticize Biden adviser, cut ties with PR firm over #MeToo conflict
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Illinois becomes first state in nation today to eliminate cash bail. Here’s how it will work.
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