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Chicago Board of Education to vote on new $10.2M school police contract

The policing program at CPS has undergone major changes the past couple years after widespread protests called for the removal of officers from schools.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS sees another $45M hit to budget after agreeing to pay state back $87.5M over 8 years due to funding mistake

The new shortfall in the district budget for the upcoming year was revealed Monday. The new payment plan comes after months of discussions between CPS officials and the Illinois State Board of Education.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Marshall basketball standout Dyanla Rainey shot and killed in her driveway

Dyanla Rainey was shot at her home on the 700 block of South 6th Avenue in Maywood and died at Loyola University Medical Center.

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16 CHA employees fired, 1 resigns after accused of defrauding federal program

An internal probe found the employees submitted “falsified” applications to the Small Business Administration to receive coronavirus relief funds “to which they were not entitled.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Lollapalooza’s future in Chicago is uncertain. Will it be decided behind closed doors?

CHICAGO — Following Lollapalooza’s long and lucrative run in Chicago, the future of the flagship music festival is still to be determined, with its decade-old contract ending this year.

Chicago Tribune

Senators beholden to the fossil fuel industry are not leaders

Heat emergencies in the plains and in the south will cost even more to deal with if measures are not taken now to stem global warming.

Chicago Sun-Times

NGOs demand restoration of old pension system

Plan to intensify protest to mount pressure on govt.

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'He killed her because he loved her', her brother forgave him, and then he walked free from court - the couple whose story could change Britain

M.E.N court reporter Andrew Bardsley reports on an extraordinary case

Manchester Evening News

UK rape victim left feeling ‘suicidal’ after five-year wait for case to come to trial

The woman’s case is among thousands that have been affected by a record-breaking backlog of hearings likely to increase amid barrister strikes

The Guardian - UK

Man who killed his wife in ‘act of love’ calls for assisted dying law

Graham Mansfield, sentenced this week for killing terminally ill Dyanne, says if he had to do the ‘horrible act’ again, he would

The Guardian - UK

When schools don’t have librarians, it’s cause for alarm

Not having a librarian doesn’t just mean children may not ever learn how to find books or periodicals of their liking. They may also never pick up computer skills or news literacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Mancunian Way: An act of love

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Friday July 22, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Euthanasia and assisted suicide: what is the law in the UK ?

As Graham Mansfield is found not guilty of murder for killing his terminally ill wife, Dyanne, we look at key assisted-dying debates

The Guardian - UK

How mercy-killings are prosecuted and why Graham Mansfield was convicted of killing his wife

"Mansfield failed to convince the jury that this had been a lawful killing"

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

Tories’ ‘shameful lack of leadership’ sees crime at record high as number of charges fall

Knife crime, theft and domestic abuse have all increased in the 12 months to March

The Guardian - UK

More rape cases reaching court in England and Wales after years of decline

Police referred 14% more cases to CPS in 2021-22 than in previous year, and more suspects were charged

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil activists banned from football for Spurs v West Ham pitch invasion

Just Stop Oil protestors who invaded the pitch during a Premier League clash between Spurs and West Ham have been banned from football matches for the next three years.

Daily Record

Ex-soldier handed football ban after making Nazi salute to Spurs fans

Shay Asher performed the offensive gesture towards the supporters, who are known to have a strong Jewish fan base, during a Premier League game.

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CHA board approves leasing public housing land to CPS for new Near South Side high school

The plan is contingent on the school system receiving approval from the Board of Education for its $70 million share of the new high school.

Liverpool Echo

Rules around being 'semi-naked' during July heatwave

The law around whether you can walk around topless can be confusing

Chicago Sun-Times

CHA to consider leasing public housing land to CPS for new Near South Side high school

The former Harold Ickes site has been vacant since 2010, and now Chicago Housing Authority officials are looking to lease the land to CPS. South Side residents say low-income housing promises made to the Black community by elected officials have gone by the wayside.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS’ librarian shortage, the fight against drag racing and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

Chicago Sun-Times

In an age of misinformation, why are there so few librarians at Chicago Public Schools?

The nation’s third-largest public school system with 290,000 students in 513 district-operated, non-charter schools, CPS has only about 90 schools with full-time librarians.

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Northumberland blood scandal victim welcomes Andy Burnham's evidence over 'criminal cover-up'

Meanwhile an intervention by the judge leading the Inquiry could mean compensation payments are closer than ever

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayoral ally picked for CPS board, pushing out member who opposes city’s plan for new Chinatown school

Former Ald. Michael Scott, the son of a former Chicago Board of Education president, is being appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

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