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In-person learning is better for college students

One impact of the pandemic is that community college enrollment fell 14%, mostly among Black and Latino students. Once school is fully “normal” again, enrollment will increase.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2022

West Loop homeless on edge as city threatens to discard donated tents

‘We’re waiting for the city to come with a wrecking crew and come and confiscate the tents,” said Willie Parker, 66, who lives in a tent in Fulton Street viaduct.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2022

Human remains found by trash collectors in Austin

The remains had apparently been brought to an alley on the West Side and dumped there, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2022

Avalanche of mail hitting Illinois voters, but funding behind partisan ‘newspapers’ not disclosed

The publishers of controversial newspapers with heavy political messaging targeting Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker are able to avoid disclosure requirements covering campaign committees.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

After West Side mass shooting, leaders offer hope, call for more funding to combat violence: ‘We are not destroyed’

U.S Rep. Danny Davis called for “a massive infusion of cash money, resources to really reconstitute urban communities on the West Side of Chicago” and across the country — “the same kind of money” being sent to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

New research highlights limits of abortion ban

The Society of Family Planning recently estimated that U.S. clinicians performed 6% fewer abortions in August than they did in April.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

Democrat Yarbrough and Republican Peraica look to history in clerk’s race — and rehash a little along the way

The next clerk will serve as the chief election authority for more than 125 municipalities in suburban Cook County, as well as administer all the county’s vital records. That might sound a tad dry, but the two rivals and their aides also exchange charges of political misconduct and shenanigans.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

How anti-Pritzker PAC is trying to suppress the Black vote in Chicago

An anti-Pritzker PAC distributes signs and leaflets on the South and West sides aiming to keep Black voters from polls.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

Guns are terrorizing our communities. Together we can stop the horror.

Those who hope to banish gun violence need to keep shouting from the rooftops that we need a sane approach to the threat of dangerous weapons.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

Streeterville group opposes regular closing of Clark Street for outdoor dining in River North

In a letter to the mayor, Streeterville Organization of Active Residents President Deborah Gershbein declared her group “strongly opposed” to closing Clark Street between Grand and Kinzie, in part because of its proximity to the proposed interim casino at Medinah Temple.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 1, 2022