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Firefighters’ pension bill could cost Chicago taxpayers $3 billion, city official says

The bill increasing pension benefits for Chicago firefighters hired after Jan. 1, 2011, is co-sponsored by state Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, whom Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has picked to serve as his deputy chief of staff

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Hey, New York, Chicago already has had a rat czar for years. Her name is Josie Cruz.

Since she started with Streets and San in 1998, Cruz has risen to head the Bureau of Rodent Control, overseeing crews that respond to tens of thousands of rat-related calls a year.

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Man charged with fatal stabbing in Englewood apartment

Rodney Crowder Jr., 28, was charged with first-degree murder, Chicago police said.

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Seven new mpox cases diagnosed in Chicago area

The latest cases have been diagnosed at Howard Brown Health since April 17. In the three months prior, just one case was diagnosed.

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Cast a wide net in search for next Chicago police superintendent

Interim Supt. Fred Waller is, by all accounts, respected throughout CPD. But we can’t help but think that real change in the department, which has been dragging its feet on reform, won’t happen without a fresh face.

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Chicago, state of Illinois get $8.5 million in federal migrant grants; requested up to $191 million

The city and state each got $4,301,387.13, as migrants stream into Illinois after crossing the Mexican border in Texas and bused to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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CTA gets $200M in federal funds for ‘next generation of railcars’

The money will help replace the agency’s oldest carriages, some of which were manufactured more than 40 years ago, CTA said.

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Getting a handle on unruly downtown gatherings is ‘priority No. 1’ heading into summer, top police official says

Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott acknowledged the Chicago Police Department was caught flat-footed when groups of young people descended on the Loop last month.

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What does the end of the COVID public health emergency mean ?

After three years, Illinois’ public health emergency for coronavirus ends Thursday. To be safe, stock up on free COVID tests while they’re available, a Chicago doctor says.

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Negotiations over Biden administration claim that City Hall engaged in environmental racism are down to the wire

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and HUD are trying to work out a settlement before she leaves office. The agency found that Chicago relocates polluting businesses from white communities to Black and Latino neighborhoods.

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US man who identifies as British due to love of UK culture says deep fried Mars bars are 'best thing'

The vlogger, who goes by Tlo, is originally from Chicago and loves all things British, the food, the TV shows and even the weather - and has developed an obsession with deep fried Mars Bars.

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Car insurance prices soar statewide, city responds to arrivals of immigrants and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 12 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

A federal jury found all defendants guilty in the “ComEd Four” bribery case, mayor-elect Johnson named Fred Waller as interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young performed during Poetry Fest.

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Storied Standard Club latest to house asylum-seekers

The shuttered club near the Dirksen Federal Building is being used to house 761 migrants now and up to 1,200 in the coming months.

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Gun assault rates for kids doubled in Chicago, 3 other big cities during COVID pandemic, even worse for Black children, study finds

Black children have been 100 times as likely as white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Pre-pandemic, they were 27 times as likely.

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Catholic fundraising exec went to jail over embezzling from health system affiliated with nuns, now raising money for religious order

Michael Gerrity now works for the Augustinian religious order in Chicago. In 2005, he pleaded guilty to felony charges, admitting he “misappropriated” more than $250,000 from a charity associated with Franciscan sisters.

Daily Mirror

College football player accused of raping a woman with a broken back is arrested

Aidan Ralph was a linebacker for the Iowa State University Cyclones football team on scholarship having graduated from high school in Chicago, though the team have confirmed that he is "no longer a member" of the football programme following his arrest

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Sky’s Isabelle Harrison making herself at home in Chicago

“I don’t like feeling like a robot when I play on offense. Being able to play free has been really good for me.”

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Car insurance prices soar in Illinois, Rep. Will Guzzardi aiming to crack down on insurers

Chicago rep wants to require getting prior state approval for rate hikes, ban “excessive” increases and outlaw consideration of gender, occupation and credit scores in car insurance pricing.

Daily Mirror

'I'm American but I identify as a British man - I love rain and drink cuppas'

Tlo, originally from Chicago, America, 'identifies' as a British man after falling in love with the country's culture and weather, saying he starts his day off with a cuppa and a chip butty

The Independent UK

Listen both ways: Blind walkers winning safer road crossings

A federal ruling blasting Chicago planners for not equipping more of their intersections with audible signals that help blind pedestrians cross busy streets has given advocates a victory they call long overdue

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s fundraiser drawing 1,200, including L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and House Whip Katherine Clark as top speakers

Democrats will flock to Schakowsky’s ‘Ultimate Power Lunch’ in Chicago because it is a tremendous professional, personal and political networking opportunity

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Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks to throw bullpen in Chicago to hone mechnics

Hendricks has made two rehab starts in Triple-A.

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Illinois’ assault weapons ban back in effect for now after ruling by federal appeals judge in Chicago

Appellate Judge Frank Easterbrook put a hold on an injunction that had been issued against the law last week by a federal judge in southern Illinois.

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White Sox’ Liam Hendriks talks beating cancer, Englewood neighbors question Save A Lot, and more in your Chicago news roundup

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