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Quinn suggests he won't sign gambling expansion

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:57:00 -0500

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Tamms likely won't remain a super-max

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:40:00 -0500

Illinois lawmakers served up possible solutions to prison crowding this week, including money to keep penitentiaries open. But Gov. Pat Quinn gave few hints Friday whether he'll dig in.

Clinton urges Democrats to vote out Wisconsin governor

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:47:00 -0500

Former President Bill Clinton urged Wisconsin Democrats to vote against Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's recall election, saying the Republican has governed without compromise or honest negotiation.

Brizard: Strike authorization vote disrespects teachers

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:12:00 -0500

None of the contract proposals put forward by CPS or the Chicago Teachers Union have been made public yet.CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said that’s why the union should wait to take a strike authorization vote."What are they voting on?" Brizard said.

CTA to buy hundreds of new buses

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:55:00 -0500

As part of a massive upgrade, the CTA plans to purchase 425 new buses and modifying 1,030 others, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTA President Forrest Claypool announced on Friday morning.

In Campbell, Bears have a quality back-up for Cutler

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:17:00 -0500

The Bears would love to have quarterback Jay Cutler start and finish all 16 regular season games and the post season. But the signing of former Oakland Raider free-agent quarterback Jason Campbell has answered a big question for the Bears offense.

50 wards in 50 Weekdays: 2nd Ward's Omope McCray compares Chicago to her native Brooklyn

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Omope McCray moved here only a couple months ago, but she considers herself a Chicagoan. “Once you live someplace, you have to at least take on some of the responsibility,” McCray says. “That’s the first one. Become a Chicagoan.”

Teacher retirement numbers up in Chicago

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:03:00 -0500

The number of Chicago teachers retiring this year is getting close to a record-breaking level.So far 1,954 Chicago teachers plan to retire. The Chicago Teachers Pension Fund estimates that number will hit 2,000 before summer ends.

Proposal to ban private detention centers stumbles

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:48:00 -0500

A plan to block an immigrant facility near Chicago fails in a series of close Illinois House votes.

Teachers union president: CPS committed 'grant fraud'

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:37:00 -0500

Chicago Public Schools must return $33 million to the federal government today. That's because the district doesn't meet one of the grant's key requirements: having the Chicago Teachers Union on board.