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Hotel tax revenues fall $29M short; Chicago taxpayers could be on the hook to make up difference on Soldier Field bonds

Last year, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority dipped into its reserves — refinance $21.4 million in Soldier Field debt — to spare Chicago taxpayers from having to cover the hotel tax shortfall.

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Feds want more than two years for man behind ‘massive’ gambling ring, say he tried to keep it going

Prosecutors say Vincent "Uncle Mick" DelGiudice was thwarted when Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher, brother of Chicago Bears great Brian Urlacher, was also charged and things got "hot."

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Buyer of Chicago’s Amalgamated Bank scraps deal

The proposed $98.1 million sale couldn’t get regulatory approval, said the would-be acquirer, Amalgamated Financial of New York.

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March mildness? COVID-19 cases down 94% from Omicron peak as masks in Illinois come off next week

Under new CDC guidelines, masks are still recommended in 21 counties across southern and central Illinois, but not in any part of the Chicago area.

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Farragut Career Academy is the fifth city school to learn of full-ride scholarship pledge from Hope Chicago

More than 500 students at Farragut Career Academy learned Friday they were eligible to attend college debt-free college under the program — joining 3,500 students at Al Raby, Noble Johnson, Benito Juarez and Morgan Park high schools.

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Afternoon Edition: Feb. 25, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Atlanta, the capital of failed Bears GMs, now has Ryan Pace and Phil Emery on staff

Pace, who had a 48-65 record in Chicago, joins Emery, who brought chaos to the Bears.

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Man found with homemade explosives plotted online to commit ‘mass murder’ at Chicago synagogues, feds say

CHICAGO — A Maine teenager allegedly found with several shrapnel-packed explosives in his home had been plotting online to travel to Chicago and commit “mass murder” at area places of worship, federal prosecutors said this week.

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What 50 gallons of paint on a Kennedy Expressway underpass looks like in Tony Passero’s hands

He has a knack for turning dark spaces around Chicago into something bright and inviting — like these bulls, rams, gazelles and totems in Avondale, near where he grew up.

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Chicago woman sues former Avondale landlord after he allegedly fails to return security deposit

In a lawsuit in Cook County, Sandra Diaz alleges her landlord wrongfully pushed her out of her Avondale apartment during the coronavirus pandemic and refused to return her security deposit.

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Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says

Billionaire Ken Griffin has pumped $20 million into the gubernatorial campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s seeking the GOP nomination. And Lightfoot could face a challenge from Arne Duncan, the former U.S. education secretary.

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Plowed snow sends drivers flying off expressways, Sun-Times investigation finds

One day last winter, Kevin Ramos flew off I-355 and survived the 22-foot fall onto busy Lake Street. Other drivers have been killed in these rare but terrifying ‘snow ramp’ vaulting accidents around Chicago and elsewhere.

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1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings in Chicago Thursday

The fatal attack occurred in Longwood Manor.

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Horoscope for Friday, Feb. 25, 2022

Moon Alert After 10:45 a.m., Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Capricorn. Aries (March 21-April 19) This is a curious day because in one...

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Maine teen with explosives discussed attacking mosque in Chicago, houses of worship, prosecutors say

The 18-year-old, of Waterville, Maine, was in communication with two juveniles about his plans to attack a mosque, and possibly a synagogue, prosecutors said. A federal magistrate judge this week ordered him held without bail.

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Chicago Fire Department ambulances are once again taking patients to Insight Hospital after being turned away for a year

Those ambulance rides stopped about a year ago — in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — during a dire nursing shortage in the ER of the Bronzeville hospital, formerly known as Mercy Hospital.

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Chicago’s new basic income program will open to residents seeking cash assistance in April

Chicago residents will be able to apply to participate in the city’s $500-per-month basic income pilot program in April, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday.

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Illinois parole board frees elderly Chicago gang killer who once told board it could ‘shove’ it

Namor Smith, 74, was convicted of a gang-related shooting in 1968. He was frequently in trouble in prison, once wounding an inmate with a knife. He was previously paroled, only to be sent back to prison.

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Guaranteed income pilot program will use lottery to pick 5,000 recipients of $500 monthly checks

Lightfoot announced Thursday that the program will launch in April. Applicants must live in Chicago, be at least 18 years old, have experienced economic hardship related to COVID-19 and meet income guidelines.

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Afternoon Edition: Feb. 24, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Arbitrator sides with city on cop vaccinations

Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes at least some of the roughly 2,800 Chicago police officers who remain unvaccinated will now get their shots, leaving fewer officers subject to suspension or firing.

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Invasion of Ukraine could raise gas prices by 50 cents a gallon, making ‘hard hand’ for Democrats even worse, former Obama adviser says

"It’s a huge political problem for President Biden, because we’re already feeling the effects of inflation related to the pandemic," David Axelrod told the Sun-Times. "As [Winston] Churchill did in Britain, [Biden] needs to explain to people why that sacrifice is necessary."

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Starbucks union campaign reaches 5 Chicago-area sites

Employees have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union election, part of a national organizing effort with the Service Employees International Union.

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Summer work teaching fishing: Chicago Park District and the IDNR have openings for summer work

Spots for eight instructors and one coordinator are open for the fishing programs of the Chicago Park District; while the Illinois Department of Natural Resources needs six more instructors this summer for the Chicago Urban Fishing Program.

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Emerson String Quartet — ‘the finest in the world’ — playing Chicago one last time

The quartet is undertaking a kind of farewell tour, which includes what is billed as its final stop in Chicago.

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