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Common visits Harold Washington Library for conversation about his new book
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHICAGO (CBS) -- The Chicago rapper Common may be best known for his music and movies, but he sat...
Libraries in Cook and DuPage receive bomb threats for second time this week
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAll Chicago Public Library branches, along with all Evanston Public Libraries, were closed for some...
Measure aimed at preventing book bans at public libraries signed into law by Illinois Gov. Pritzker
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCHICAGO — Public libraries in Illinois could be cut off from state funding if they remove books and...
Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict...
Chicago's best views aren't from the top of a skyscraper — just hop on the Orange Line 'L' train
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoChicago's CTA "L" trains, or elevated trains, run throughout the city and the surrounding suburbs....
One Book, One Chicago’s 2023 title is ‘There There’ by Tommy Orange
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis year’s book selected for the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago program is the novel “There There” by Tommy Orange. As announced Wednesday afternoon by the CPL in a ceremony ...
New Chicago monuments will honor police torture victims, labor leader Mother Jones and gospel singer...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCHICAGO — The city of Chicago will spend $6.8 million in grant money on eight new monuments,...
Illinois First U.S. State to Restrict Book Bans in Libraries
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs the nation’s ideological fight reaches book shelves, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation on...
Illinois governor signs ‘nation-leading’ law banning book bans
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIllinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill into law that effectively outlaws book bans in...
City Hall wants to put a statue of labor activist Mother Jones in Jane Byrne Park. Jane Byrne’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoAfter a bloody clash over the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park, then-Mayor Lori...