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Campaigns to save heritage trees are growing in the city by residents who want a pro-environmental tree ordinance to protect our urban trees.

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Committee approves labor contracts for thousands of city workers

The deal’s prevailing wage portion covers 7,000 members of 30 trade unions employed by 16 city departments. Those workers also will now accrue half a day of sick leave per month and be eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

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Chicago Bulls will host remote training camp in Nashville, Tennessee

The Chicago Bulls will host a portion of their training camp in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lime reports over 1 million scooter rides in Chicago this year

The San Francisco-based company attributes part of the boom to the equity discount offered on the South and West sides.

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Packers and Jordan Love preparing for schemed up pressures from Bears

Jordan Love and the Packers are ready for the Bears to send schemed up pressures their way on Sunday.

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Liberty Media moves into MotoGP with Quint Events purchase

The deal also gives Liberty a foothold in other sports and major events on the hospitality and entertainment side, including NASCAR's Chicago street race, the NBA, Australian Open tennis and the Kentucky Derby.

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Celebrating 20 years, Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance remains a world-class cultural arts hub

The Millennium Park venue will mark the anniversary with an all-day event featuring many of Harris’ resident companies.

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Ex-Chicago Park District electrician gets more than 3 years for helping break through barricades on Jan. 6

Daniel Leyden’s brother, Joseph Leyden, was also sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the rioting at the U.S. Capitol, court records show.

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Relative of missing swimmer calls for more intensive search of Lake Michigan

Police, fire and Coast Guard crews conducted a search for a man who jumped off a boat Tuesday. The man was identified by a family member as Bryan Jackson, 38.

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More PPP fraud, this time in Chicago Public Schools? Sadly, we’re not surprised.

People may be weary of hearing about government employees and others fleecing billions from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. But anyone accused of wrongdoing should be held accountable.

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After 41 years covering sports, ABC 7 Chicago’s Jim Rose to retire

Rose is calling it quits after 41 years in Chicago and 50 years in broadcast journalism.

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Printers Row Lit Fest opens portal into Chicago’s literary world

The free two-day event will have over 100 booksellers, and more than 100,000 visitors are expected. It will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Teen who saved 10-year-old’s life in South Chicago shooting in 2020 shot dead on Labor Day

Swaysee Rankin, 15, helped save the life of 10-year-old La’Mya Sparks in 2020. Six months later, Swaysee was hurt in a shooting near the scene of the previous attack.

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Things to do in Chicago Sept. 7-13: The Mix

The Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park, the return of “Hamilton” and Taste of Chicago are among the highlights in the week ahead.

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Restaurant association offers alternative to ending subminimum wage for tipped workers

Impose stiff fines on restaurants that don’t pay the difference when their subminimum wage workers don’t make enough in tips to reach the $15.80 minimum wage, restaurant association chief suggests.

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Feds tell Ed Burke’s lawyers they don’t plan to call Danny Solis at racketeering trial

Prosecutors have called former Ald. Danny Solis one of Chicago’s “most significant cooperators in the last several decades.” He also helped them build a case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Patrick Beverley reveals absurd reason Bulls snubbed him as youngster

When he was a youngster in the NBA, the Chicago Bulls snubbed Patrick Beverley for a shocking reason.

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7 things to know heading into Bears-Packers in Week 1

From another season-opener battle to Justin Fields vs. Jordan Love, here are 7 things to know ahead of the Bears' Week 1 game vs. Packers.

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Civilian oversight commission poised to bury CPD’s error-filled gang database

The Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability also will hold a public forum Thursday with CPD Counterterrorism Chief Larry Snelling, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice to become Chicago’s permanent police superintendent.

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WeWork plans to renegotiate nearly all of its leases, after warning about its future

The company, which operates several locations in Chicago, said it would also exit “unfit and underperforming locations.”

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Nearly half the time, Chicago cops don’t record time of arrival at emergency scenes

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg set out to determine if 911 calls from Black and Hispanic neighborhoods get slower response time. She couldn’t — because much of the data does not exist.

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Chicago’s Board of Ethics opened—then closed—a review of allegations against city treasurer

The ethics board doesn’t have the authority to investigate, and the case against Melissa Conyears-Ervin was closed. The Office of the Inspector General won’t say if it is conducting an inquiry.

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Police stops in Black, Brown communities are more about traffic violations than skin color

In a recent opinion essay, a writer said Chicago police stop Black and Brown drivers for minor equipment and registration violations, but those violations are cause to stop a car regardless of the neighborhood.

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Nearly five years after pleading guilty to a felony, Chicago cop remains on the force

Joseph DeRosa pleaded guilty to resisting and obstructing police. It’s supposed to bar him from being a cop in Illinois.

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Video of fatal Chicago police shooting shows man with gun yelling ‘kill me’ as officers order him to ‘let it go’

The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11 after officers were called to the 1100 block of West 111th Street. Police say Louis Gordon-Hay had been arguing with a man and had pulled a gun.

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