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$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a Guaranteed Income
For recipients, it’s a lifeline. For liberal supporters, it shows how expanding government can make a difference. For conservatives, it’s a return to wasteful welfare handouts.
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'People will die': Chicago could lose an essential hospital in the middle of the pandemic
Closing Mercy hospital, an oasis in a medical desert on the South Side, would worsen racial health disparities, activists say
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Why Are Chicago Public Libraries Still Open Amid Soaring COVID Rates?
Despite a COVID-19 positivity rate of over 15% and a stay-at-home order from Mayor Lori Lightfoot encouraging residents to “only leave home to go to work or school, or for essential needs such as seeking medical care, going to the grocery store or pharmacy, picking up food, or receiving deliveries,” Chicago Public Libraries are still open for in-person browsing, reference, computer use, and more.
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Trump to send 'surge' of federal agents to cities
Mr Trump says he intends to help cities fight crime but critics say it is part of his re-election bid.
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Every Animal At Chicago Animal Control Has Been Adopted—For The First Time Ever!
As social distancing guidelines remain in effect, animal rescue advocates are celebrating a huge win in Chicago. For the first time in the shelter’s history, Chicago Animal Care and Control is completely empty of adoptable animals. There’s no doubt that we’re living in unprecedented times, and there’s even more doom and gloom in the news than usual. But behind all that worry, there are stories popping up around the country of people coming together to accomplish great things.
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This is how Hyperloop TT wants to sell Chicago and Pittsburgh on high-speed travel
For all of the lofty promises around Hyperloop, we're now at the point where the companies making it have to stop speaking in poetry and start selling, in prose. Especially when you're talking to the lawmakers and public servants who'll need to justify spending up to $25 billion on the world's first working Hyperloop system to connect Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
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National Ice Cream Month Deals - July 2019
July just so happens to be National Ice Cream Month. Whether you’re a mint chocolate chip or cookie dough person, we’ve got the freebies and deals for you.
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Hundreds of Books in Trash Outside School Sparks Outrage
A dumpster full of classic books seen outside a Chicago Public Schools high school this week has sparked an outcry on social media. A photo posted to an Andersonville Facebook group showed hundreds of books, including titles like the Great Gatsby and Hiroshima, tossed in a dumpster outside of Senn High School on Chicago’s North Side.
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The Rank Hypocrisy Of Rahm Emanuel
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took advantage of his elite privilege and joined The Atlantic, a major media publication, as a contributing editor. By Kevin Gosztola.
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Chicago Becomes the Largest City in the Country Committed to 100 Percent Clean Energy
On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to establish the goal of transitioning the entire city to 100 percent clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar, by 2035. Chicago becomes the largest city in the country to make this commitment, following cities like St. Louis, Madison, Atlanta, and San Francisco.
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Chicago mayor demands answers after Smollett hoax charges dropped
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he wanted to “find out what happened” that caused prosecutors to abruptly drop charges that had accused “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of staging a hoax hate crime to boost his career.
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The City of Chicago Is Sinking. Here's Why
Ice sheets that receded 10,000 years ago are responsible for the Windy City dropping at least four inches over the last century
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Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose and The Spinners
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Chicago Is So Ridiculously Cold That the Railroad Tracks Need to Be on Fire to Keep the Trains Moving
There are over 140,000 miles of privately-owned standard-gauge rail in the United States, vital to the transportation of billions of tons of freight and people. Occasionally, it gets really cold where some of those train tracks sit. Like right now, in Chicago, where Wednesday’s high temperature is expected to be thirteen degrees below zero. Those temperatures are potentially deadly for humans, and deforming for the long pieces of metal that trains ride on.
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Man 'who stole own car' wins settlement
A man arrested by Illinois police for stealing what turned out to be his own car has come to an out-of-court settlement with a Chicago suburb. Northwestern University PhD student Lawrence Crosby was 25 when the incident happened in 2015. A woman called the police when she saw him trying to fix a loose part on his car and thought he was a thief. Evanston City Council will vote on the final settlement next week but a lawyer said it would be $1.25m (£960,000).
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Chicago Racist Police-State Blues
Sixteen Shots for Laquan, Three Years for Van Dyke. By Paul Street.
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McDonald’s Adds Vegan Burger to Menu in Chicago
McDonald’s recently added the McAloo Tikki burger to the global menu at its 6,000-square foot headquarters located in Chicago. “Customers have expressed interest in items from McDonald’s restaurants located in India, and we’re excited to offer them the opportunity to try the longtime vegetarian favorite, McAloo Tikki,” McDonald’s Owner and Operator Nick Karavites said.
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Office Tour: SpiderRock Offices – Chicago
Partners by Design recently completed the offices for SpiderRock, a financial tech company located in Chicago, Illinois. In a relocation to 300 South Riverside Plaza in Chicago’s West Loop.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Not Seeking Re-Election
The former congressman and White House chief of staff will not seek a third term in office in 2019. "This has been the job of a lifetime, but it is not a job for a lifetime," he said.
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A Truckload of Nike Shoes, Left as ‘Bait,’ Stings Chicago
Even in a city rife with distrust of law enforcement, residents were shocked by the sting operation: A tractor-trailer filled with Nike sneakers parked in an impoverished neighborhood on the South Side. The “bait truck” was left there earlier this month to lure would-be thieves into a trap, the authorities said. Three men were arrested on charges of stealing from the truck, prompting outrage in the community where faith in the police is already at a low point.
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