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'The Blues Brothers' came out in June 1980. Is there a better Chicago movie? Not for me
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Chicago is like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ if you’re rich,” one local musician observed, “and it’s...
Gun Without a Trace | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 7 hours agoThe shooting made national news because of a striking coincidence. Two years prior, Sandra had won third place in the city’s annual Martin Luther King...
60 years ago: King and Hesburgh sang 'We Shall Overcome.' Days later, the world changed.
South Bend Tribune· 4 days ago"So here we have the top civic and religious leaders not going to the march, and I thought that was...
The Rundown: A Chicago first: school board ballot shaping up
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 6 days agoAfter more than a decade of lobbying, years of negotiation and months of sorting out the logistics,...
Work about to begin on long-awaited Red Line Extension on Chicago's South Side
CBS News· 5 days agoAs the CTA prepares to extend the Red Line south to 130th Street, people who live on the Far South...
At the Newberry Library and on stage, the return of Mike Royko
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoWas Mike Royko the toughest man in Chicago? Mitchell Bisschop is the author and star in what he has...
Jim Dey: Campaign funds helping Chicago mayor to look good
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJun. 17—Check out Chicago's new mayor. He's sporting an expensive, if not necessarily improved, new look. That's because Mayor Brandon Johnson is spending ...
Mayor’s migrant plan dissed
Politico· 6 days agoDetails here MONDAY’s ANSWER: Congrats to Stephen Sadin for correctly answering that Earl Bush once told the Chicago City Hall press corps that when covering Mayor
Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoWindy City Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a municipal executive order on Monday to establish a “Reparations Task Force to develop a Black Reparations...
Skyway users overcharged? Lawsuit seeks $3 million in refunds on tolls
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoWilmette contractor Rocky Rowe has used the Chicago Skway for 20 years — at least 150 times over the...