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Key City Panel Advances Push to Rid CPD of Officers With Ties to Extremist Groups

The City Council’s Workforce Development Committee advanced the measure after a lengthy debate over whether all city employees, not just CPD members, should be banned from “actively participating” in extremist and anti-government groups.

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| Andrew Montequin

Geoffrey Baer Explores Chicago’s Rail System in New Special

| Shelby Hawkins

Despite Warnings, Chicago City Council Set to Move Full Speed Ahead on Video Gambling

| Heather Cherone

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| Associated Press

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| Associated Press

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| Associated Press

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| Nick Blumberg

Wit, Deception and a Modern Spin: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ Reimagined on a Chicago Stage

| Shelby Hawkins

Make Spring Cleaning More Sustainable, Take Cast-Offs to a Cook County Trash Bash

| Patty Wetli

Chicago Man Charged After Allegedly Threatening Donald Trump, Secret Service Agent

| Matt Masterson

A President and a Pope: The World’s Most Influential Americans at Odds Over Iran

| Associated Press

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| Patty Wetli

Cherry Trees in Jackson Park Beginning ‘Magical’ Bloom

| Patty Wetli

Vote Set on Push to Rid CPD of Officers With Ties to Extremist Groups

| Heather Cherone

Coach House Ordinance Aimed at Housing Affordability Crisis Takes Effect in Chicago

| Blake Thor

Congressional Candidate Daniel Biss on Primary Win, State of the Democratic Party

| Joel Ortiz

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| Joanna Hernandez

JB Pritzker, Other Democratic Presidential Prospects Court Activists at Al Sharpton’s Conference

| Associated Press

CPD Brass Inconsistently Stripped Officers of Police Powers, Failed to Document Actions: Watchdog

| Heather Cherone

‘My Position Has Not Changed’: CPS CEO Remains in Favor of May 1 Classes Despite CTU Pressure

| Matt Masterson

Nurses at Rush University Medical Center Hold Rally, File Petition to Unionize

| Eunice Alpasan

Pay $9.5M to Man Who Spent 19 Years in Prison After Being Wrongfully Convicted, City Lawyers Recommend

| Heather Cherone

Michael Madigan Makes Appellate Case, Asking Court to Vacate Corruption Convictions

| Matt Masterson

Brandon Johnson Picks Anjanette Young for CPD Oversight Board

| Heather Cherone

Expo Chicago and Comedy From a ‘Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!’ Writer: 4 Arts Picks for Your Week

| Josh Terry

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Chicago James Beard Award Finalists on the Value of Challenging Yourself

| Shelby Hawkins

Illinois Democrats Call for Removing Trump From Office After ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’ Threat to Iran

| Eunice Alpasan

Volunteers Turn a Chicago Man’s Recordings of 10,000 Concerts Into an Online Treasure Trove

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