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3 days ago · Jimmy Carter, the Peanut Farmer Who Became the 39th US President, Has Died at 100. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said.
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Aug 2, 2024 · It’s Tuesday, Chicago. Bundle up and start your day right with these local stories from WTTW News. Kim Foxx, left, and new Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke, right.
Week in Review: From CPS to Donald Trump, Looking Back at the …
2 days ago · We look back at the biggest stories of the year. Michael Madigan’s landmark corruption trial. The city gets a budget — eventually. And the CPS CEO gets a pink slip.
Abortions Are up in the US. It's a Complicated Picture as Women …
2 days ago · People only giving there first names Erika, left, and Leeann react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Bill Aims to Reduce Requirements for Name Changes in Illinois, …
3 days ago · The measure must clear the full Senate in the first week of January to reach Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, otherwise it must go through the entire legislative process again after a new General Assembly convenes Jan. 8.
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Aug 2, 2024 · Local and federal officials had been racing to finalize funding for the Red Line Extension before the end of the Biden administration. The $1.9 billion in federal transit grant money will help fulfill a decades-old promise to extend the heavily used train line past 95th Street, down to 130th Street.
Chicago City Council Narrowly OKs Johnson’s $17.1B Budget That …
Dec 16, 2024 · The budget, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2025, does not include a property tax hike, even though Johnson insisted for a month and a half that was the only way to avoid what he called draconian cuts to city services and thousands of layoffs while staunching the flow of red ink threatening to consume Chicago’s finances.
Week in Review: Mayor Cancels Budget Vote; Illinois and Chicago …
Dec 13, 2024 · That means members of the Chicago City Council will spend the weekend in negotiations with a deal due by the end of the year. Meanwhile, the city and state prepare to become “ground zero” for mass deportations as threatened this week by President-elect Donald Trump’s so-called border czar Tom Homan during a visit with Chicago Republicans.
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Dec 17, 2024 · Seeking parole after 47 years in prison — a new documentary explores one man’s journey. And how different Latino cultures are celebrating the new year.