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Judge rules Cook County owes homeowners for equity kept in property tax sales

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Chicago Public Schools to cut teaching staff to help close $732.5 million deficit

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Chicago woman sues luxury residential managers for not allowing her to break lease after an alleged assault

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Lou Graham, who won the 1975 US Open at Medinah, dies at 88

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Rex Reed, longtime film critic and journalist, dies at 87

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Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said

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Asking Eric: Should we try to help them financially?

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Former Village of Wilmette employee facing felony charges of bribery and misconduct

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Editorial: Chicago school board President Sean Harden embarrasses himself with hunt for leakers

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Former CPD officers: Police officers respond to crises regularly. The stress they suffer endangers them.

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The Jeffs are suspending their Non-Equity Jeff Awards

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Preorder Our New Bears Book

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Photos: Chicago Bears rookie minicamp at Halas Hall

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Route 66: Photos from the 'Main Street of America'

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Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

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Photos: The Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison

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Skokie mayor floats 'preliminary talks' of CTA Yellow Line extension

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US hotels say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn't materialized yet

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Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform

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La Grange Park officials vote to decry state housing initiative

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US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

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Pope Leo XIV: 10 poignant moments from the Chicago native's historic 1st year

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Judge tells 'Broadview Six' defendants 'Congratulations' and dismisses conspiracy count

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Morton Grove special education teacher wins Golden Apple Award

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NWI legislators, parents celebrate childcare professionals

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Hinsdale Township High School hires assistant superintendent of curriculum

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Orland High School District 230 to expand digital pass system that tracks students

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Crime and Public Safety

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Lake County correctional officers union raises concern over contract negotiations, jail conditions

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Chicago man gets 16-year split sentence for pouring boiling water, bleach on Gary woman

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1 seriously wounded Monday night in police-involved shooting

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Police: Pursuit ends with crash into Portage house

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Hantavirus isn't immediate threat to Chicago, experts say

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California, Nevada and Arizona announce temporary plan to save water from the Colorado River

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IDEM announces new air quality advisory for short-term conditions

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Jim's Original, famous for its Maxwell Street sausages and hot dogs, relocating to Pilsen

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Century-old Gary restaurant celebrated in hit episode of 'The Bear'

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Clarendon Hills Farmers Market preparing to open season Thursday

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Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run

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A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills

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Court battles hit taxpayer wallets

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Today in Chicago History: Ernie Banks — 'Mr. Cub' — hits his 500th home run

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Waukegan High seniors visit elementary schools: 'It was cool to see the kids look up to me'

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Nonprofit to bring early education to childcare 'desert': 'Every kid … should have the same opportunity'

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Woman found dead on driveway of her Campton Hills home identified by Coroner's Office

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East Dundee's one-way stretch of Water Street causing driver confusion, police chief says

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