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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle cited a racial disparity in enforcement of laws against the use of marijuana as the reason she now favors…
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Attorneys for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald plan to hire a polling…
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Two teenage boys who pleaded guilty in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed live on Facebook have been sentenced to five years of…
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The field of Democrats vying for the chance to replace U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez is narrowing. Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa dropped out of the…
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With frigid below-normal temperatures in much of the country, emergency management officials are offering safety tips for winter driving.Cook County…
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A suburban Chicago school district facing a lawsuit over a transgender student's use of the girls' locker room says the allegations misrepresent the…
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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is launching an awareness campaign aimed at helping the public better understand the opioid crisis. In a news release, the…
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A former Chicago alderman says he'll challenge Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in 2018 after she championed a highly-unpopular sweetened…
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Cook County's Democratic Party has endorsed state Sen. Kwame Raoul for attorney general over former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and several other candidates…
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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a female teen charged with fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl in 2014 isn't entitled by law to a jury trial in…