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Chicago center brings meditative mindset to combating youth violence
Most of the CeaseFire interrupters sat up in their chairs and closed their eyes, following the quiet direction of the small man in yellow and orange robes at the head of the conference table. "Allow your mind to feel the way you feel," Sakyong Mipham...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Cook County Board of Commissioners, West Loop, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Loop
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Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...
Tags: Witnesses, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Prosecution, Electronics, Justice System
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Bill to raise Illinois interstate speed limit revs up debate
Illinois has its posted highway speed limit and its populist highway speed limit — a fluid relationship based mostly on driver whim and the presence of the gentlemen and ladies in state police squad cars. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove,...
Tags: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Sugar Grove, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Governor, Highway Transportation
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Cook County to pay $2.6 million to 3 fired doctors
Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to pay a $2.6 million settlement to three doctors who in two federal lawsuits claimed they were illegally fired from jobs at a South Side hospital. Dr. Vietta Johnson and Dr. Daniel Ivankovich said in their...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Government, Justice System
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Evans makes a bad call
Change of SubjectIn the posts below you will another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans: Brace yourself. That’s all I can say, since you ignored... -
Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Englewood, Chicago Loop, Chicago Mayor, White House, Hadiya Pendleton
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Obama returns home to speak about Chicago's gun violence
President Barack Obama will visit Chicago on Friday, when he will discuss gun violence as he focuses on his economic message from Tuesday's State of the Union address, according to the White House. Obama will "talk about the gun violence that has...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor
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Some would pay more under Emanuel parking plan
Clout StreetParking in a Chicago garage or lot will be more costly for drivers who pay premium rates, but those who find deals would pay less under a measure Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed Wednesday. The idea is to switch city parking taxes from a complicated...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Vehicles, Chicago Mayor, Susana Mendoza, Services and Shopping
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Netsch a true pioneer woman
Dawn Clark Netsch seemed to have been around forever, and so it seemed as if she always would be. She must have been young once, but from the time she came into my consciousness, 20 or so years ago, she seemed old. I mean old in a good way, the kind...
Tags: Dawn Clark Netsch, Justice and Rights, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Gay Pride Chicago, Politics
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Joe Orr Road project may pave way for south suburban economic boon
A $40 million roadway expansion is under way in southeast Cook County that will culminate in a new connection between Illinois and Indiana, and officials say the project provides a possible template for marrying transportation and economic development...
Tags: Lansing, Economy, Economic Policy, Highway Transportation, Road Transportation
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Kenwood: Where past meets present
Chicago Tribune reporterTropical birds chirping. Children playing baseball and soccer in Kenwood Community Park. Students rushing off to Kenwood Academy High School. Such are the sights and sounds on a recent stroll through the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side....Tags: Ryerson Incorporated, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Museum of Science and Industry, Personal Income, Services and Shopping
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Questions unanswered about treasurer's probe of Robin Kelly
After Robin Kelly lost a 2010 bid for state treasurer, the office's chief investigator alleged she violated ethics laws by improperly reporting time off from her taxpayer-funded job as chief of staff to then-Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Tribune has...
Tags: Employment, Jesse Jackson, Jr., U.S. Senate, Paul Miller, Conservation
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