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$50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOf the wrongful convictions in Cook County, 121 came as a result of false confessions, almost as many as the 133 total wrongful convictions in Los Angeles County, according ...
Yiddish theater and radicals found a home at Douglas Park Auditorium
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIf the walls of the Douglas Park Auditorium could talk, they might well speak Yiddish. A three-story...
Mayor Johnson advocates for long-term investments to tackle gun violence
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson says he’s focused on long-term investments to help solve the city’s...
Embattled Dolton mayor Tiffany Henyard accused of 'politically targeting' town's own park district
AOL· 4 days agoTiffany Henyard, the scandal-ridden Democratic mayor of Dolton, Illinois, who has been engulfed in controversy in recent months, is now facing a new headache involving allegations ...
Negotiation sessions between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union open to public
ABC 7 Chicago· 2 days agoMarquette Elementary School on the Southwest Side is the site of what is believed to be a first for ...
Former south suburban Chicago township employee sues, says he was wrongfully fired by Supervisor...
CBS News· 2 days agoDwayne Thrash, a 20-year Thorntown Township employee, claims in the lawsuit that he was wrongfully...
Johnson opposes 8 p.m. downtown curfew
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoMayor Brandon Johnson on Monday put the political kibosh on a political ally’s plan to impose an 8 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied minors in downtown ...
Chicago building owners could soon build additional dwelling units under city proposal
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGarden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach houses could soon become easier to build...
Lula Cafe is Chicago’s sole James Beard Restaurant and Chef award winner for 2024
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoLula Cafe was announced as the only winner from Chicago at the 2024 James Beard Restaurant and Chef...
Chicago Hits Average Weekday Ridership of 1M in May
Metro Magazine· 5 days agoThe Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) provided 27.7 million train and bus rides in May, bringing the weekday ridership average up to one million...first...