The suit was filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court by opponents of a tax increase on higher-priced property sales. They have fought the proposal, claiming it will dampen sales in an already-fragile market.
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Ald. Anthony Beale filed paperwork to withdraw his candidacy for 9th Ward Democratic committeeperson Thursday morning. He was already facing a petition challenge from Cleopatra Draper.
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A plane carrying migrants from Texas landed Sunday at the Rockford International Airport where the migrants were then boarded on buses bound for Chicago suburbs, according to officials.
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Through 6 p.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said to expect patchy slick spots and some reduced visibility due to snow.
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Man charged with murder in shooting death of Austin woman who sought order of protection against him
Kenneth Brown, 44, has been arrested for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, Maria Roque, according to a release from the Chicago Police Department.
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Johnson also appointed the acting executive director for the Office of Emergency Management and Communications to the post permanently.
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A year ago, voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to raise their own property taxes, yielding more than $40 million in additional funding each year to forest preserve coffers.
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Eileen O’Neill Burke defends her actions in the Anna Gilvis murder case, saying no court has faulted how the state’s attorney’s office handled the prosecution.
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Unlike the October debate over a resolution supporting Israel shortly after hostilities began, the committee discussion on its surface was civil and almost entirely pro-Palestinian.
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Since Iris Martinez became clerk, 52 circuit court clerk employees have contributed more than $45,000 to Martinez’s three campaign funds. Of those employees, 22 received promotions or significant raises in their clerk jobs just months — sometimes days — before or after making those political contributions.
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