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Investigations of anonymous complaints against some Chicago cops would be allowed under a contract decision announced Friday.
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A Chicago youth-activist training organization is suing the city over allegations that police and consumer protection officials illegally ordered the group to stop its efforts to aid protesters late last month.
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The Chicago Police Department is seeking to fire three cops for uses of force caught on video, alleged false statements.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is under pressure to change the police union contract to win reforms. Here’s why that’s tougher than it sounds.
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Across Illinois, schools lock children away for minor infractions: ‘I’m sorry I ripped the paper. ... Please just let me out.’
Seclusion rooms are supposed to be a last resort, but students across the state are routinely put in them for infractions as minor as spilling milk.
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City Hall missed 70% of deadlines in first year of reforming Chicago Police Department
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Local activists and a few aldermen have argued that Chicago should also cut the law enforcement budget to fight police abuse and bolster programs that could help black and brown neighborhoods. But the idea of reducing police funding, and calls for even more drastic change, may face a greater challenge in Chicago than in other cities.
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The court-appointed monitor overseeing broad reforms to the troubled Chicago Police Department said Friday that she will investigate and report on allegations that officers abused protesters.
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Chicago police and protesters: Calls to investigate response
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School lobbyists delay Illinois ban on seclusion, restraint
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Long-imprisoned Chicago man second gets chance at freedom, and may clear way for other elderly ‘forgotten’ inmates
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Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won a federal court victory in Chicago on Saturday as he worked on wrapping up the pandemic-shortened legislative session in Springfield.
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A Tribune investigation found that some people bailed out of Cook County Jail by two charities went on to be charged with new crimes, including drug trafficking and attempted murder.
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A federal judge on Friday ripped Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough for what he said were “clear violations” of anti-patronage hiring rules and ordered court oversight for more than a year.
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No more seclusion and restraint? These schools say it is possible.
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Illinois lawmakers say they will push to ban prone restraint of schoolchildren
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Prone restraint will be allowed in Illinois schools for one more year
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Should people wear a mask in public to fight COVID-19? Advice seems to be shifting.
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Ex-Sen. Martin Sandoval admitted taking bribes to help a red-light camera firm. The Tribune found he also aided a political donor by pressuring IDOT to use asphalt material suspected of causing new roads to crack.
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Abbott's new rapid coronavirus test is "a game changer," but the promised production of 50,000 units a day will not be enough to facilitate the widespread testing many experts say is needed in the fight against COVID-19.
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A former teachers aide for students with disabilities was charged with battery after an incident in the Gages Lake school district.
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DCFS has a new interim inspector general, and not everybody is pleased by the choice.
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People who stayed as children at Millcreek Behavioral Health in Arkansas have reported mistreatment and violence.
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States have sent thousands of foster children to mental health institutions far from ag8亚集团官方网站home, including facilities with records of violence and licensing sanctions, a Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois investigation has found.
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Cook County State's Attorney challenger Bill Conway's campaign is funded by his father. Defense industry and nursing ag8亚集团官方网站home investments helped Carlyle Group makes its private equity fortune.
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Marijuana entrepreneurs are starting to rake in millions of dollars a month in Illinois as customers line up to buy newly legal weed, but who’s profiting from those sales remains secret.
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The shooting deaths marked a bloody Saturday, in which eight people including the children were killed in separate shootings.
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The pandemic has altered recruiting in ways that are expected to endure long past a vaccine and return to the office. Chicago companies, particularly in the tech industry, are increasingly hiring out-of-state employees and telling them they can stay put, even after the pandemic subsides.
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The USGA signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports in 2015 worth about $1 billion, but Fox reportedly wanted to end the deal with the U.S. Open being moved to September during the opening month of the NFL season.
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More than three years after President Barack Obama's exit, the 44th president of the United States is back on a political battlefield he longed to leave, drawn into the fight by an enemy, Donald Trump, who is hellbent on erasing him, and by a friend, Joe Biden, who is equally intent on embracing him.
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On July 3, the Disney Plus streaming service will release a filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” timed for the Independence Day holiday weekend. Here’s what you need to know.
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Contributions members of the LGBTQ community have made to society would have to be taught in Illinois’ public schools. Workers, regardless of the size of their employer, will now be protected from discrimination on a number of reasons including race, sex, age, sexual orientation and religion. And distracted drivers who hurt someone while paying attention to their cellphones could face steeper penalties. More than a dozen state laws and policy changes for Illinois kick in July 1. Here’s a look at some of the highlights:
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To come up with the best pizzas in America, The Daily Meal researched the newest and highly rated places, then built a survey of great pizzas from across the country — nearly 1,000 pizzas in total were considered in 2019. The staff then called upon a geographically diverse list of pizza panelists — chefs, restaurant critics, bloggers, writers and other pizza ities — to take the survey. The states with the most entrants on the list are New York (28), Illinois (9), California (7), Connecticut (6) Pennsylvania (6) and New Jersey (6), but Texas, Michigan and Massachusetts all had good showings as well.
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Some suburban and northwest Indiana locations are going ahead with 2020 Independence Day fireworks displays.
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President Donald Trump offered to help Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot combat gun violence. They should listen to the offer, not just spurn him.
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Fourth of July is approaching, which means grilling and outdoor adventures are on the mind. Check out these seasonal bargains to celebrate Independence Day. Coleman Cool Box Xtreme Cooler: $76.83 at Amazon.
