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19 seeking to replace departing City Council member Scott include his sister, chief of staff

The resignation of Ald. Michael Scott Jr. took effect last week. Scott told the Sun-Times he would be equally happy if the mayor chose either his sister, Monique Scott, or his chief-of-staff, Charles Rice, to fill his 24th Ward seat.

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One day after launching re-election bid, Lightfoot hits the campaign trail

“When I got into office, the people who were used to having their way, who were used to dominating our city — they wanted their city back and they’ve been fighting against us every single day,” the mayor told the breakfast crowd at Starlight Restaurant, 8300 S. Kedzie Ave.

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Two mass shootings hours apart on South and West sides of Chicago, 14-year-old boy among the wounded

The mass shootings occurred in Lawndale and Altgeld Gardens, and wounded a total of 8 people.

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4 wounded in Lawndale shooting

The wounded were standing on a sidewalk in the 1200 block of South Lawndale Avenue about 8:45 p.m. when someone approached and opened fire, Chicago police said.

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CPS sets aside $70M for long-sought Chinatown H.S., millions more for school playgrounds in new capital budget

The funding was revealed Tuesday in the district’s proposed capital budget, which details construction and maintenance spending for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1.

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Preckwinkle aims for fourth term as County Board president — but rival Boykin says she’s been there long enough

The next Cook County Board President will oversee a more than $8 billion budget, which grew significantly because of an injection of federal cash brought in from the American Rescue Plan Act.

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Offering treatment, not jail, for more drug users is right step

Giving more people a chance to stay clean instead of locking them up and burdening taxpayers makes sense.

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Man shot to death in South Shore

The man, 22, was on a sidewalk in the 7100 block of South East End Avenue when he was shot in the back and chest.

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Facing stiff headwinds, Lightfoot launches campaign for a second-term

After a video release and fundraiser on Tuesday, the piece-by-piece rollout of a campaign that has long been a given continues Wednesday with kick-off on the West Side, flanked by a handful of alderpersons.

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Rep. Davis touts long record in 7th Congressional District, but primary rivals want new voices and vision

Though Rep. Danny K. Davis has represented the 7th Congressional District for a quarter of a century, he often votes in line with the younger, more progressive members of Congress. But challenger Kina Collins believes it’s time for a change — not just in the newly redrawn district but across…

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CPD cracks down on underground pot parties, seizing a kilo of weed and hundreds of grams of magic mushrooms

Five people were hit with felony charges when city officials raided two pot-centric pop-up parties last week.

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Eric Nesterenko, longtime Blackhawks forward, dies at 88

Nesterenko helped the Hawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup and played over 1,000 career games for the Hawks.

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At Chicago’s equity options market, ‘open outcry’ cranks up the volume

Cboe Global Markets opens a trading floor in a space that hearkens back to the exchange’s early days, with an eye on customers demanding market access during volatile sessions.

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Man found shot to death inside car in North Park

About 3:55 a.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 3400 block of West Catalpa Avenue found the man, 28, unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the face.

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Chicago ‘not a hellhole’

Ald. David Moore is proud of his success in the 17th Ward and defends his community. He — along with former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and City Clerk Anna Valencia — is running to replace Jesse White as Illinois secretary of state.

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As COVID-19 warning levels increase across more of Illinois, Pritzker’s briefings don’t

Gov. J.B. Pritzker hasn’t held a news conference on COVID-19 in three months, but his office says the governor and his public health team remain on top of the situation. Experts aren’t sure more briefings would help, given how tired many are of hearing about the virus.

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Ex-Bloomingdale Township official says couple paid him off, but defense warns jury not to trust him

Debra Fazio and Mario Giannini were charged along with Robert Czernek back in August 2020 and accused of an eight-year scheme in which Bloomingdale Township improperly paid more than $700,000 to Bulldog Earth Movers, an excavation company owned by Fazio.

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Polling Place: Which season did respondents say is the best for sports?

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John J. Lanzendorf, hairstylist to the stars, renowned collector of dinosaur art, dead at 76; UPDATED: celebration Wednesday of his life

He tended to the tresses of the likes of Leslie Caron, Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Deneuve, Deborah Kerr and Marcello Mastroianni and owned what’s believed to have been the world’s largest private collection of dinosaur art.

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Handful of West Side alderpersons to stand with Lightfoot as she launches reelection bid Wednesday

Black Caucus Chair Jason Ervin (28th), Emma Mitts (37th) and Chris Taliaferro (29th) will be on hand for the mayor’s announcement.

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Field of 21 Democrats and Republicans running to succeed Bobby Rush in First Congressional District

Nearly two-dozen candidates are running in the First Congressional District, which stretches from Chicago’s South Side nearly to Kankakee. “It really is important that you have somebody that speaks truth to power,” said political consultant Delmarie Cobb, who ran Rush’s first campaign in the…

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Republican Richard Irvin goes on defense against Darren Bailey, other primary rivals in ABC 7 debate

Bailey frequently interrupted Irvin and the others as they spoke. At one point, during a question about COVID-19 mandates, Bailey told Irvin he shouldn’t be elected governor because he’s a “corrupt Democrat.” Irvin fired back, “I won’t be lectured by someone like Darren Bailey who had a mask…

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Hancock High School students make their voices heard as first-time voters

“I feel like it’s been a long time coming,” senior Connor Wallace said.

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House Democratic candidate Jonathan Jackson did not file financial disclosure report; top rivals did

“That’s an oversight and a mistake that I did not file,” Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday.

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Are the Sky’s offensive struggles something to be concerned about?

The Sky (5-3) are converting 30.6% of their threes, the team’s lowest mark under coach/GM James Wade’s tenure

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