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Unsealed divorce filings reveal more allegations of domestic violence and verbal abuse by state Sen. Hastings

The accusations surfaced publicly last week in Will County divorce court files unsealed at the request of WBEZ — over the repeated objections from lawyers for Hastings, a veteran Democratic lawmaker from the southwest suburbs.

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Chicago voters needing language help at polls will have less of it on Election Day

A new state law that reduced the number of voting precincts means fewer bilingual ballots and election judges across six languages.

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Staffing grows in Chicago Public Schools even while enrollment drops

The increase is meaningful in a district that has often had to do without. But vacancies are still a challenge, especially in schools with many low-income students.

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U.S. Senate forum: Duckworth, Salvi find rare common ground — but it’s in Arlington Heights for Bears stadium

In the forum hosted by the Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and WTTW, Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi disagreed on abortion, guns and a host of issues, but both said they support the Chicago Bears moving from Soldier Field to Arlington Heights.

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Senior home owner fined $1,500 after 3 residents died, student test scores drop statewide 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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At the Table with Lynn Sweet

Leading up to the midterm elections, Lynn Sweet was joined by bestselling author David Corn and a political panel with Tina Sfondeles, Dave McKinney and Dan Mihalopoulos on October 20.

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Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and WTTW to host U.S. Senate candidates forum Thursday ‘to help voters comb through key issues’

Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi will meet and take questions at 7 p.m.

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Lauded all-boys charter school faces Chicago Public Schools takeover

CPS wants to take over Urban Prep Academies in an unprecedented move to wrest control from its troubled leaders while trying not to displace students.

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Inside AT&T’s alleged ‘conspiracy’ to bribe powerbrokers at the Illinois Capitol

WBEZ and the Sun-Times have learned the identities of three former top phone-company lobbyists with ties to a Springfield corruption scandal as former AT&T President La Schiazza, pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts in federal court Friday.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Voters all over the field on Bears’ Arlington play — but almost half would sack any taxpayer dollar request

The survey underscores the difficulty the team faces in lining up support for its sweeping proposal to transform the shuttered Arlington International Racecourse into a stadium campus accompanied by a scores of new restaurants, businesses and residential buildings. “Why should the taxpayers fund…

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The real ‘Mothman’ or merely a Halloween costume? A spooky Chicago icon makes an appearance

Can we count this as a “Mothman” sighting?

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19 questions for candidates for Illinois governor: See who answered, and who didn’t

Pop quiz: Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers WBEZ/Sun-Times issues questionnaire, but Republican challenger Darren Bailey and Libertarian Scott Schluter take a pass.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: More than half of Illinois voters want abortion to stay legal — a little over a third do not

According to the poll, those who supported keeping abortion legal overwhelmingly voted for Democrat Joe Biden for president in 2020, tended to be women and skewed younger.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Illinois voters don’t want Pritzker or Biden to run for president – but they’d take either over Trump

Illinois voters aren’t as sour on President Joe Biden as other voters across the nation, but they are just as unenthusiastic about another four years of the Delaware Democrat as they are about Gov. J.B. Pritzker making a run for the White House.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate downfall? Bailey’s backyard showing fails to cut into Pritzker’s double-digit lead

Democrats Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth held commanding leads over their GOP challengers in the survey. And broken down by region, the results also reflected Republican Bailey’s downstate difficulties in the governor’s race.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Pritzker’s ‘coattails’ pull other, lesser-known statewide Democrats along for the ride

Democrats hold strong leads in the races for Illinois secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller and treasurer, according to the poll. “Absolutely, I do think it’s a coattail effect with Gov. Pritzker,” one voter said.

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Military education chief at CPS resigns after ‘systemic failures’ in his handling of sex abuse case

In 2019, Col. Daniel Baggio failed to notify state and local officials of suspected abuse of a student by a military instructor, a watchdog found. The student was abused for another 9 months before the instructor was arrested, CPD records show.

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In plea deal, Chicago police training officer gets probation in 2020 off-duty shooting of unarmed driver

Victim’s attorney says he wanted tougher sentence, but Officer Kevin Bunge, who suffers from PTSD, pleads guilty to felony requiring no jail time.

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App doles out refunds after Sun-Times report, where to go apple picking in Illinois 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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Record review: Bailey proud to be lawmaker who tells truth about Illinois’ decline — not one who makes lots of laws

Few of his initiatives wind up in state law books, but they have all helped Bailey quickly make a name for himself as a firebrand devoted to conservative ideology. That includes pride in how few of his bills pass. “We do not need more government — more government like J.B.…

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Lightfoot cancels pre-election property tax increase

Lightfoot announced the “good news for Chicago taxpayers” one day after the Chicago Sun-Times reported some of the mayor’s closest allies had urged her to avoid risking an embarrassing budget defeat.

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Lawmaker to block $50M for Near South Side high school until Lightfoot, CPS address community concerns

State Rep. Theresa Mah had been among the strongest backers of the idea to build a new high school. But she called the city’s plan “offensive” and politically motivated.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS enrollment drops again, continuing decadelong slide

The steady drop to 321,000 students means CPS could lose its title as the third-largest district to Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

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Profiting from poison: how the US lead industry knowingly created a water crisis

The lead water crisis facing Chicago and many other US cities today has roots in a nearly century-old campaign to boost the lead industry’s sales

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Across the U.S., regional theaters are starting to transform. Here's why

In the first of our six-part series, NPR's Bob Mondello explains how the theater that most Americans see is being transformed.

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