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Police swarm downtown Chicago after last weekend’s unrest

“We don’t know why there’s so many police. We’re a bit confused but we feel safe,” one woman said on her way out of Millennium Park.

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Hundreds of Chicago area Muslims unite for Spanish Eid al-Fitr service in Jefferson Park

The festivities and buffet were organized by the Ojala Foundation, which aims to allow Muslims from many backgrounds to “hang on to the culture they came in with.”

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Ald. Ed Burke (14th) says goodbye to City Hall, dispensary workers demand better working conditions, and 100,000 tulips are blooming on the South Side.

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Greek to me: Students read ‘Odyssey’ aloud at National Hellenic Museum’s ‘Homerathon’

The event, held in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago, includes 13 hours of programming on Friday and Saturday. Volunteers will read the entirety of “The Odyssey” broken into short passages.

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Mayor-elect Johnson’s plans to double number of summer jobs for Chicago’s teens might require some work

Johnson will take office just two weeks before the city’s deadline to apply for summer employment, and he will be locked into a budget set by the previous administration.

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South Sider behind 100,000 blooming tulips: ‘It’s the artist who foretells the revolution’

Six months ago, artist Amanda Williams and a crew of volunteers planted the tulip bulbs to highlight systemic disinvestment. Now, the work, titled “Redefining Redlining,” is blooming.

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‘The wall needed painting,’ Chicago graffiti artist Joos says is the philosophy behind his ‘beast on the streets’ spray-painting

He’s drawn to viaducts, L trains, abandoned buildings and other sometimes-dangerous settings.

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Chicago love story: Couple’s matching tattoos are about their relationship — and the crash they experienced on their first date

Isabella Snow and Noah Nichols, who live in Old Irving Park, got into a car wreck right about when they started falling for each other. Their tattoos are about all of that.

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Chicago businesses try to make sustainable shopping easier

Local entrepreneurs help consumers see through deceptive marketing practices and offer fair trade-certified places to shop for food, clothes and other goods.

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Bridgeport bank failure cost millions more than feds have said: Where did all the money go?

Authorities say they’ve recovered $59 million toward the money lost when they shut down Washington Federal Bank for Savings, but they’re still out another $81 million, records show.

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Lake View traffic congestion, air pollution concerns raised at ‘Redefine the Drive’ community meeting

Lake View community members turn out for a discussion on upgrading the busy roadway and offer input on a plan that is still in its early stages, with construction years out.

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Loop security is expected to tighten over weekend after violent teen gathering

Last week, two people were shot, a couple beaten and police slow to respond. This week, fences are up at Millennium Park, entry points are limited and a curfew will be enforced, city officials said.

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Mayor Lightfoot leaves a legacy worth building on in city planning, development

It will be up to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson to keep pressing forward and, as Daniel Burnham said, ‘make no little plans’ for the South and West Sides.

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Acting CPD leader resigns amid search for top cop, Mayor-elect Johnson’s new chief of staff and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Weed workers walk: Rise marijuana dispensary employees in Niles, Joliet go on strike

Union representatives said the strike is over unfair labor practices. They have been in negotiations with the company on a new contract since June.

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The long goodbye: City Council honors Mayor Lori Lightfoot, 13 departing members

Tears were shed, good-natured barbs traded, hatchets buried. One would never have known Ald. Edward Burke is leaving under the cloud of a federal indictment or that the mayor’s relationship with the Council was so contentious,

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Mayor-elect Johnson pitches unity to state legislators in Springfield: ‘Our challenges are not that unique’

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said he didn’t come to Springfield to “dictate” what Chicago needs when it comes to public safety dollars. “How do I call myself a collaborator and then I’m dictating?” Johnson asked reporters. “These are ongoing conversations.”

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New West Side primary care clinic promises to expand access to uninsured residents

The Thresholds Health clinic in Austin recently opened to the public and will accept even uninsured patients. It’s a step toward reaching a largely uninsured, though advocates say there’s still more to be done.

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DNC protesters lining up city permits now to ensure leaders ‘can see us and hear us’

Organizers say early preparations are intended to avoid the obstacles they met under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel ahead of the 2012 NATO summit, but they expect a much more friendly reception from Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson.

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The Chicago Yacht Club has a new commodore, a woman — the first in the club’s 148-year history

Lisa Curcio Gaston is also a retired Cook County judge.

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a suburban Chicago survivor remembers

The stories of people like Ralph Rehbock, 88, who lives in Northbrook — whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was 4 — are important to be preserved and shared.

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CPS students surprised with $40,000 Amazon scholarship: ‘If you have the ambition you can go do it’

Thirteen CPS students will receive $40,000 over four years to study computer science or related fields this fall as part of the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship.

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90 years and going strong — Moon’s Sandwich Shop still serving up fabulously no-fuss American diner staples

Moon’s Sandwich Shop on the Near West Side has been cooking up stick-to-your-bones fare since 1933.

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Bronzeville high-rise near CTA Green Line to open by summer

Half the units in 43G One, a 10-story mixed-use building next to the 43rd Street station, will be affordable for lower-income residents. The second phase of the project is expected to be completed next year.

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Lightfoot says she’s handing Johnson a city with rosy financial future

The midyear budget forecast, issued about four months earlier than usual, offers a brighter picture than the last forecast, just eight months ago. But one City Council member said it’s far too soon for an accurate assessment.

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