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It's official: Chicago Public Schools will close 49 elementary schools for good

| Eric Owens
Chicago Public Schools

Mayor Rahm’s sweeping move designed to save $1 billion; teachers union furious

Hyatt workers union protests Pritzker Commerce nomination

| Tim Cavanaugh
Pritzker School Board

Ahead of confirmation hearing, major Obama donor gets Republican support while left wing protests

Wayne LaPierre: Not Enforcing Existing Gun Laws—That’s A Crime - NRA

| Wayne LaPierre
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“If anybody in Chicago is culpable for the armed carnage on that city’s mean streets, it’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel”

Chicago 2013: ritzy public high school forfeits baseball game on South Side over drive-by fears

| Eric Owens
Brooks high school

‘We want our boys to play baseball’

Sinkhole in Chicago swallows three cars, injures one person

| Nicole Lafond

‘The pavement couldn’t even handle it’s own weight any more’

Durbin, Obama linked to defunct Chicago nonprofit under investigation

| Patrick Howley
Durbin Newsletter Photo

Durbin, Obama linked to defunct Chicago nonprofit under investigation

No joke: Second City, Columbia College Chicago unveil degree in comedy

| Eric Owens
stand up comedy

Curriculum will include ‘improvisation, physical clowning and stand-up’

Bloomberg congratulates anti-gun Illinois Democrat he helped win special election

| Patrick Howley
Michael Bloomberg

‘This is an important victory for common sense leadership on gun violence’

Lawsuit forces Chicago to accept anti-jihad bus ads

| Neil Munro
Chicago

Bus authority ‘has capitulated grudgingly, apparently, to the First Amendment of the Constitution’

BEDFORD: How hippies are ruining the Middle East and risking our security

| Christopher Bedford
APTOPIX Mideast Egypt.JPEG

The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t just raising blood pressure and energy prices these days

String of shootings leaves five dead in Chicago

| CBS Chicago
Chicago Shootings

Deadly weekend of shootings in the Windy City

Lottery winner's death investigated as murder [VIDEO] - WGN9 Chicago

| WGN 9 News
This undated photo provided by the Illinois Lottery shows Urooj Khan, 46, of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, posing with a winning lottery ticket. / AP Photo/Illinois Lottery.

Win big, die fast case has suspicions raised in the Windy City

'YOU WENT ON STRIKE FOR A WHOLE WEEK!' Chicago student LOSES IT [VIDEO] - TheDC

| Eric Owens

‘You get paid, right? I want an education!’

Lone Republican running for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s House seat: No to voter ID, yes to affirmative action

| Jana Benscoter
Lenny McAllister

Lenny McAllister swims — upstream — in a sea of Democratic challengers

Northwestern U. Marxism conference packed with teachers [VIDEO] - TheDC

| Legal Insurrection
Che

The Second City’s classrooms are infested with communists, all the way down to nursery school

Former Playboy model seeks Chicagoland county board seat - TheDC

| Taylor Bigler
Kerri Hoskins

Mom of twins with cerebral palsy ‘is running on a platform of special-needs services’

Sin Tax On Firearms And Ammunition - Illinois State Rifle Association

| Illinois State Rifle Association
CookColorSeal

Latest ploy by Cook County to punish hunters and sportsmen.

Arne Duncan: 'Everybody won' in Chicago teacher strike - TheDC

| Sarah Hofmann

Secretary of Education: Contract was ‘very fair and respected teachers and valued them as professionals’

Chicago teachers' test scores worse than Illinois students - TheDCNF

| Robby Soave
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Agreement ending Chicago strike brings average teacher salary to $100,000

Chicago teachers suspend strike, classes to resume - AP

| admin
Chicago Schools Strike

Vote ends a spiteful stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel