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Eight-week health and fitness challenge kicks off in Garfield Park

Participants will take fitness classes and healthy cooking classes; ‘I’ve never known anything specifically geared toward the health and wellness of the community like this,’ said one organizer.

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Does Chicago have the tech workforce to satisfy Google’s massive appetite?

It’s a good time to be a talented tech worker in Chicago — but daunting for local startups aiming to expand.

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Scaring voters into saying ‘no’ to worker’s rights amendment is wrong

The Illinois Policy Institute’s stance — that if the amendment is passed, the median homeowner could pay at least an additional $2,935 in property taxes in the next four years — is false, a reader says.

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Enough with committees. Chief Judge Evans must take action to improve Cook County juvenile jail.

Our 2022 report makes 15 recommendations to the chief judge on how to improve the JTDC’s treatment of youth. Evans could order many of these changes now, without waiting for another committee report.

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Is City Council really ready to show its independence?

Chicago City Council members can select who they want on committees and who should lead them. State law and the city’s own rules clearly spell out they have that power. They just have always opted out and have given the mayor their blessing to do their bidding.

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Top CPS officials privately warned a new Near South school could undermine neighboring schools, harm Black students

While Mayor Lori Lightfoot has touted the new school to serve Chinatown and other neighborhoods, CPS alumni and even staff inside CPS fear it will do damage to existing schools that serve predominantly African American students.

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Cubs minor-league managers, coaches weigh in on pitch clock and how to make it better

Cubs manager David Ross said he’s eager to pick High-A South Bend manager Lance Rymel’s brain about rules changes when he meets with the big-league team in Chicago.

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City solicits proposals for La Salle Street renewal

The Lightfoot administration is offering tax incentives to developers who want to change the “monoculture” of office buildings by converting some to residential use.

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Pulse of the Heartland: Waukegan voters tired of pols who sail into their harbor city before elections then leave them adrift

Residents told the Sun-Times they want public officials to take a holistic approach to the problems facing their lakefront city. “So it’s not just, oh, do this, vote this way, and boom, now we’re good. We need leaders who take a macro vision,” said photographer Jordan Esparza-Kelley.

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The shady business of police-ordered shutdowns

Oversight of how the summary closure ordinance is enforced after a violent crime and its overall effectiveness is greatly needed if this program is to continue forward.

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Mass at Holy Name Cathedral celebrates contributions and values of immigrants

Welcoming immigrants is a moral imperative of Christianity, Cardinal Blase Cupich told parishioners. Prayers were read in many languages, including Swahili, Italian and Vietnamese.

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Roquan Smith makes his best pitch in Bears’ win over Texans

After a relatively slow start in 2022 following a training camp contract “hold-in,” Smith had a breakout game Sunday — 16 tackles, two tackles for loss and a fourth-quarter interception that paved the way for victory. “[From] here on out you can expect some big things.”

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Luminarts Cultural Arts Foundation celebrating 10 years of funding artists and changing lives

For years, the foundation supported artists with one-time monetary awards, but it wasn’t until 10 years ago that the organization decided to focus its financial and other resources on helping boost an artist’s career.

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Improving the workplace for low-wage workers is a matter of justice

These workers got the rest of us through the pandemic but continue to experience no benefits or unaffordable benefits, few health and safety protections, and job and income insecurity.

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Kenwood vs. Morgan Park high school football game ends with 18-20 players ejected after post-game fight

Multiple fights broke out all over the field as Chicago Public Schools security and coaches and administrators from both schools struggled to calm things down.

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Chicago, suburbs back down to low COVID-19 risk level: CDC

Illinois has reported an average of 2,482 new cases per day over the past week, a 32% decline compared to a month ago.

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Polling Place: Did the Bears blow it by firing coach Lovie Smith after the 2012 season?

We also pitted the Texans’ Smith against Matt Eberflus — they’re battling on Sunday, after all — and forced respondents to choose between the three Bears coaches who came in between that pair. Oof.

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Bears vs. Texans — What to Watch 4

Darnell Mooney, who had just two receptions for four yards in the Bears’ first two games, could have a favorable matchup against a Texans secondary that already has been burned by the Colts’ Michael Pittman and the Broncos’ Courtland Sutton.

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Climate crisis activists share fears, hopes in downtown march

About 200 protesters hit the streets Friday.

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Bears notebook: Velus Jones getting closer to NFL debut

The rookie wide receiver, a third-round draft pick from Tennessee, is doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Texans because of a hamstring injury. But he was encouraged by his return to practice — even on a limited basis — Thursday and Friday. “I feel close,” he said.

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Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty 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.

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Picture Chicago: 22 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

A blast in Austin tears through an apartment building, pieces of history arrive at the Field Museum, Chicagoans rock out at Riot Fest and more in our best unseen photos of the week.

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12 cops face discipline for misconduct after George Floyd protests

On May 31, 2020 — six days after Floyd died — dozens of protesters were pushed and hit with batons as officers struggled with two people in the 400 block of North Clark Street, according to a report released publicly Thursday.

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Man dies after explosion at Austin apartment building

The cause of the blast was determined to be the “ignition of natural gas,” fire officials said.

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Police shut down South Side, West Side businesses over violence, go easy on clout-heavy bars downtown

Since 2015, the Chicago Police Department has shut down at least 58 businesses, most on the South Side and West Side, after shootings at or near their premises even as violence surged downtown.

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