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Sighting: 'Divergent' cast dines at Girl and the Goat
The stars of “Divergent” took a break from factional feuding in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film currently shooting in Chicago to have dinner together Sunday at Girl and the Goat in the West Loop. Shailene Woodley, whose character leaves the...
Tags: Home Run Derby, Celebrities, Movies, Gold Coast, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Public officials: Take my advice, please
Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear members of the Illinois General Assembly: While I admire the principle and spirit of thrift behind the overwhelming vote last...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Timothy Evans, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Elections
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Film revenues up, state claims
A robust $184 million was spent by TV and film projects in Illinois last year, a rebound from 2011’s dip to $154 million and beating out 2010’s record high of $161 million, according to numbers released Friday by Gov. Pat Quinn’s office....
Tags: Television, Ron Livingston, Olivia Wilde, Shailene Woodley, NBC (tv network)
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Free Renaldo Hudson? Mercy, yes!
Why should Illinois release Renaldo Hudson? After all, he committed a ghastly, unprovoked murder — stabbed a 72-year-old man some 60 times then set his victim's bed on fire to try to cover his tracks — and was on death row until 2003 when...Tags: Prisons, Murder, Abusive Behavior, Government, Punishment
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Kass: Republican Bruce Rauner takes no position on gay marriage
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire Republican businessman who wants to become governor of Illinois, sat down with me for an interview Thursday and dodged questions about same-sex marriage. It took about four tries to pin him down on where he stands,...
Tags: Kirk W Dillard, Republican Party, Banking, Chicago Transit Authority, Same-Sex Marriage
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Rosenthal: Illinois has to get down to business
Its previous two chief executives went to prison on felony convictions. It just reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of securities fraud. Not one of its peers has a worse credit rating. On top of around $8...
Tags: Interior Policy, Marketing, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CNBC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Basketball, Chicago Mayor, Scott Waguespack, Chicago Public Schools, Michele Smith
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Kirk W Dillard, Republican Party, Mitch Daniels, Chicago Mayor, Government
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Medical marijuana at last?
Illinois can't be accused of rushing to embrace medical marijuana: The first state to allow it did so in 1996, and the General Assembly is only now getting around to approving the idea. Whether it will become law is not clear: It now goes to Gov. Pat...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Illinois Governor, Health Treatments, Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines
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Handing out money Illinois doesn't have
It is amazing that while Illinois is approaching financial disintegration, politicians are devising ever-new ways to borrow and spend. Thus: GONs. GONs (government-operated networks) furnish high-speed Internet connections to schools, offices,...
Tags: Evanston, Financial Aid, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Federal Communications Commission
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State hits brakes on city plans for protected bike lane
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to install 100 miles of protected bicycle lanes in Chicago by 2015 is running into a speed bump thrown down by the state. Streets where the Chicago Department of Transportation has installed or plans to build protected bike...
Tags: Financial District, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Mayor, Illinois Department of Transportation, Rahm Emanuel
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Quinn bids to end 'say-to-play' primary voting
"Let's pass a long overdue law to allow voters to participate in primary elections without having to publicly declare their party affiliation." — Gov. Pat Quinn in his State of the State address As you probably know, to participate in a...
Tags: Matthew Harrison, Government, Rob Morris, Political Fundraising, Al-Qaeda
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