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Paper Moon in downtown Mascoutah offers thoughtfully curated gifts, locally made products, handcrafted candles, and an array of creative classes for all ages.
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Chicago Teachers Union members joined a coalition of groups to block traffic through the Loop to demand Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, allow a vote to end mayoral control of the Chicago Public Schools and lift the statewide ban on rent control.
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JUN 11, 2018
All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning, as the justices are expected to hand down their decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a lawsuit triggered by Gov. Bruce Rauner that could reshape the role of public-sector unions across the nation. Admirers in and outside of the labor movement remembered Eddie “Oilcan” Sadlowski, who died Sunday.
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A handful of incumbents are beefing their campaign funds as challengers organize several months ahead of the 2019 campaign.
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JUN 11, 2018
City Treasurer Kurt Summers’ $100 million investment fund — designed to breathe new life into the South and West sides of Chicago and help fight crime and blight with affordable loans between $100,000 and $1 million — is one step closer to making its first investment.
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Members of City Council’s LGBT Caucus and health advocates pressed each other and city health officials to improve health outcomes and outreach Thursday.
The condom dispenser in the ward office of Ald. Raymond Lopez (15). [15th Ward Office] -
Chicago Public Schools officials Thursday announced plans to lay off 538 employees, including 156 teachers.
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Five hearings about four competing proposals designed to shape how the Chicago Police Department will be reformed — and how police misconduct will be handled — amounted to nothing more than “big shouting matches,” Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) said Thursday.
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The city’s agreement with ComEd to provide electric utilities to 1.2 million Chicago customers comes to an end on Dec. 31, 2020, giving the city the first chance to renegotiate terms in 20 years. Aldermen laid out some potential areas for demand in a hearing Wednesday, including more minority participation.
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JUN 08, 2018
Chicago Chief Data Officer Tom Schenk Jr. announced Thursday he was leaving the public sector. Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) launched a new Facebook page as he prepares for a tough re-election campaign, former Gov. Pat Quinn pushed a ballot measure that would limit Chicago mayors to no more than two terms, and Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1) gained a new opponent in the 2019 race.
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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was hospitalized, and Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Nicholas Schuler offered to handle complaints of sexual abuses in Chicago schools after a Tribune investigation. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Jesse White joined forces to keep up the pressure on party buses, once referred to as “rolling cemeteries” by Ald. Emma Mitts (37.) Chicago lawyer and failed attorney general candidate Renato Mariotti inked a deal to appear regularly on CNN.
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Commissioners blazed through most of Wednesday’s business, giving the go-ahead for video gambling in unincorporated Cook County without discussion, and introducing a measure to assess whether Sheriff Tom Dart could handle background checks for teachers in Cook County. Neither Board President Toni Preckwinkle nor Finance Chair John Daley were present – Preckwinkle was mourning the death of a member of her political organization, president pro tem Deb Sims said, and Daley was hospitalized.
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Revenues from the short-lived sugar sweetened beverage tax were approximately $5.6 million higher than expected, if late, county officials said Wednesday.
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The City Council’s Committee on Health and Environmental Protection will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday to discuss a census of gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender Chicagoans and encourage officials to take actions that ensures “health equity for Chicago’s LGBT communities.”
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Commissioners will likely hold a much speedier series of meetings Wednesday than they did Tuesday – their committee action includes routine appointments, settlements, tax breaks, and potential new sexual harassment training mandates for contractors who do business with the county.
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Illinois’ budget — the first in more than three years to be approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner on time — relies on $270 million from the sale of the Thompson Center.
