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Michael Madigan's racketeering trial gets underway: 'The corruption of public office for private gain'
The opening statements kick off the trial of the longest-serving state House speaker in the country, and one of the most ...
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Republican Bob Fioretti on his bid for Cook County State’s Attorney
As early voting expands in Chicago and Cook County, voters will choose between a Democrat, Republican and Libertarian to ...
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Democrat Eileen O’Neill Burke on her bid for Cook County State’s Attorney
The former appellate and court judge says she has the experience and the detailed plans needed to be the county’s top ...
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National civil rights group calls on Mayor Johnson to fire Chicago cops with ties to extremism
Color of Change, local activists and 10 elected officials sent a letter to the mayor a year after a WBEZ/Sun-Times ...
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Bozo the Clown is back for the weekend. For some Chicagoans, was he ever gone?
This weekend brings a memorabilia-packed Bozo’s Circus jamboree at Billy Corgan’s Highland Park tea shop Madame Zuzu’s. Ahead of the event, WBEZ asked Chicagoans about their most memorable ...
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Gov. Tim Walz calls Democratic ticket 'underdog' at Chicago fundraiser, sharpens attacks on Trump-Vance
The Democratic vice presidential nominee attended a fundraiser at the Park Hyatt. On Monday, a high-dollar private fundraiser ...
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Southeast Side residents call on officials to slow down massive quantum campus project
Groups want to see plans to address community concerns over jobs, housing and the environment, including a community benefits ...
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As Chicago clears away its biggest tent city, a former gang leader says he won’t settle for a homeless shelter
Officials say everyone in a Humboldt Park tent encampment has to leave. Most are getting an apartment, but not everyone.
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T Bone Burnett reveals a new ‘Side’ of his work with first tour in nearly two decades
With his brilliant album 'The Other Side,' released in April, the admitted 'reluctant rockstar' returns to his roots as a ...
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How the murder of Laquan McDonald changed policing in Chicago
Ten years ago, Officer Jason Van Dyke shot McDonald 16 times, killing him. Here are the stories that traced CPD’s lurch ...
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CPS School Board: The race in the Far Northwest Side’s District 1
Two educators with similar views on school choice and against borrowing — despite one with backing from CTU, the other from ...
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Chicago classical music’s best-kept secret: a ‘speakeasy’ in a humdrum office building
Guarneri Hall has been a valued space among classical music insiders, thanks to its central location and unique acoustics. A ...