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40 years ago, Illinois recognized the collective bargaining rights of teachers

Republican Gov. Jim Thompson led the way for the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act in 1983. The law requires school districts to recognize and bargain with education labor unions, the head of the Illinois Education Association writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Broadcasters Foundation Salutes Former President Thompson on Anniversary of His Death

Homepage takeover features broadcasters’ ally and his accomplishments on their behalf

Broadcasting & Cable

US District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the landmark Family Secrets mob trial, and many other of the area’s biggest cases, died Saturday night after a long illness,…

Chicago Tribune

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We're up all night to get Lucky Duck

I'll give you three clues about how to find the newly-opened bar Lucky Duck: follow the grey wall with white pineapple wall sculptures on Maitri Chit Road and Soi Nana n Yaowarat, then find a glossy black door and look for an upstairs entrance that screams "quack, quack!" with a…

Bangkok Post

Panpuri, Jim Thompson join hands for a new fragrance collection

The disappearance of Jim Thompson on March 26, 1967, remains a mystery. His legacy, nevertheless, is celebrated by a fragrant trail from a collaboration between his eponymous textile house and Panpuri.

Bangkok Post

Guru's Weekly Buzz: June 16-22

Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel deals to indulge in.

Bangkok Post

The Siam review: riverside seclusion in bustling Bangkok

Even Bangkok’s most ardent admirers will admit that the city can be an intense experience. At times, all 11 million residents of the Thai capital seem to be on the streets at once, enjoying the boisterous markets and street cafes – or trying to get from one to another in…

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Photo Gallery: 31st Annual B+C Hall of Fame

Happenings from on stage and behind the scenes at New York gala

Broadcasting & Cable

B+C Hall of Fame 2023: Here’s to the Inductees

31st class of industry stalwarts to be honored at gala New York event on May 3

Multichannel News

B+C Hall of Fame 2023: Jim Thompson

Past President, Broadcasters Foundation of America (Chairman’s Award winner)

Multichannel News

Australia Has Discovered Another Giant Spider

The Brigalow Belt in Central Queensland is the only place to find the uncommon and enormous species of trapdoor spider.

Zenger

Top 10 criminal duos in fiction

Authors from James M Cain to Patricia Highsmith show how partners in crime can really bring out the worst in each other

The Guardian - UK

New collection from Jim Thompson

Drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese cultural elements, Jim Thompson has collaborated with renowned Thai illustrator Pichaya Osothcharoenpol to host a fashion show to launch the latest collection of elegant ready-to-wear fashion apparel, which features auspicious motifs like the rabbit, flowers and trees to represent peace, patience, prudence and good fortune.

Bangkok Post

Jim Thompson launches ‘Artists In Residence’ collab series

Jim Thompson has recruited award-winning artist Pichaya "Nuss" Osothcharoenpol for the first collection to kick off its “Artists In Residence” series before passing the baton to two more artists later this year.

Bangkok Post

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Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland

Palaeontologists who visited a remote property to investigate reports of a large fossil have confirmed a discovery dating back 100 million years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governors in their own words

Sneed provides remembrances of interviews with chief executives going back to Richard Ogilvie.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s chances of getting Democratic National Convention looking better and better, top source says

SNEED: The decision is likely between the Windy City and the Big Apple, with crime and fundraising a factor for both

Bangkok Post

Happy Mother's Day

You already know what today is. While giving your mum a jasmine brooch or a garland on Mother's Day is cute, you're not forever 10 years old. And if you're our demo, we're sure you can do more than that, especially with the help of our pick of different ways…

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Bangkok Post

Germaine Krull's works return to Bangkok after decades

Until Oct 2, see "Germaine Krull: The Return Of The Avant-Gardist", an exhibition co-curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers and Maren Niemeyer. It showcases the impressive works of Germaine Krull, the late photographer, revolutionary and war journalist whose works are being shown to the Thai public for the first time at The…

Chicago Tribune

The future of the Illinois GOP — and how far right it may go — lies with this month’s primary

CHICAGO — More than just picking nominees for governor and other offices, Illinois Republicans’ choices this June 28 primary also will determine the GOP’s future and whether the state party’s gradual move to the right in recent years will accelerate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jim Ryan, two-term Illinois attorney general, former GOP governor nominee, dead at 76

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

Chicago Sun-Times

It’s happening in Illinois: a far-right Republican leads race to be GOP candidate for governor

A Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ poll is one of two that show state Sen. Darren Bailey leading Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the Republican race for governor.

Bangkok Post

Conversations through art

Following Jim Thompson Art Center's Cold War exhibition series "Shadow Dancing: Where Can We Find a Silver Lining In Challenging Times?" is a second chapter, which depicts the socio-political, economic and cultural scenario of Taiwan and Thailand in the post-World War II period.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Nothing without integrity’

Sam Mendenhall, a lawyer and minister who helped convict Jussie Smollett, reflects on faith and the law.

Bangkok Post

From mystery to mainstay

In Jim Thompson: The Unsolved Mystery, William Warren describes the Thai Silk Company on Surawong Road as a modest little shop with an air-conditioned sales room on the ground floor, hot cramped offices and store rooms on the upper floors.

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