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2 professors sue CSU in blog case

June 17, 2018 at 12:52 p.m.

Two Chicago State University professors sued campus administrators in federal court Tuesday, alleging that campus policies illegally targeted a controversial faculty-led blog. Phillip Beverly and Robert Bionaz are CSU professors...

CPS announces layoffs of more than 1,100

May 21, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Roughly 1,100 Chicago Public Schools employees are being laid off, among them 550 teachers whose jobs were cut because of declining enrollment, officials said Thursday. The teachers who were laid...

Lawyer in $40 million Dixmoor 5 case: False confessions ‘An epidemic’

May 21, 2019 at 11:59 a.m.

As attorneys on Wednesday hailed a record settlement for the so-called Dixmoor Five, one of the wrongfully convicted men was checking out a brick house on a spacious lot in...

$40M wrongful conviction settlement: ‘The money is almost beside the point’

August 18, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Attorneys today hailed a landmark wrongful conviction settlement awarded to five men who were wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and murder of a teenage girl but called for a deeper...

Lawyer in $40 million Dixmoor 5 case: False confessions ‘An epidemic’

December 23, 2018 at 6:21 p.m.

As attorneys on Wednesday hailed a record settlement for the so-called Dixmoor Five, one of the wrongfully convicted men was checking out a brick house on a spacious lot in...

Teen stands up to gang and nearly loses his life

August 25, 2021 at 12:53 a.m.

With his throat slashed and his shirt covered in blood, the 15-year-old boy cowered in the garbage can where he had been tossed and left for dead. Occasionally, he could...

Kirk blasts new VA directive

June 17, 2018 at 1:41 p.m.

Sen. Mark Kirk blasted a new directive from the acting head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday that requires veterans health officials to regularly review clinic scheduling...

Kennedy construction begins

June 17, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

"Carmageddon" has begun. As 11 p.m. approached (on Friday the 13th, no less), steady traffic still flowed along the Kennedy Expressway even as workers prepared to close a downtown section...

Construction crews demolish the eastbound ramp to the Kennedy, while reducing the inbound lanes to two, Saturday.

Kennedy construction begins

November 3, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.

"Carmageddon" has begun. As 11 p.m. approached (on Friday the 13th, no less), steady traffic still flowed along the Kennedy Expressway even as workers prepared to close a downtown section...

Kennedy construction begins

December 23, 2018 at 6:13 p.m.

"Carmageddon" has begun. As 11 p.m. approached (on Friday the 13th, no less), steady traffic still flowed along the Kennedy Expressway even as workers prepared to close a downtown section...

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