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Cook County officials project $550 million shortfall for next year
22+ min ago (166+ words) The budget gap is largely due to federal funding cuts to Medicaid and continued rising costs across the economy....
Meet the mega-donors who funded the Obama Foundation
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (463+ words) Amazon's Jeff Bezos gave $100 million and Air Bn B CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky gave at least $125 million to the Obama Foundation....
28 things to do in Chicago June 18-24
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (16+ words) Iceboy," Lincoln Portrait" and Chicago Pride Fest are among the highlights in the week ahead....
Mayoral allies snuff out Ald. Beale's bid to ban sweepstakes machines to maximize take from video gambling
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (180+ words) Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) had hoped to outlaw the roughly 7, 000 sweepstakes machines operating in Chicago to maximize revenues from video gambling terminals and eliminate competition for those machines....
Former Presidents Bush, Clinton and Biden to attend Obama Presidential Center ceremony
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (45+ words) The three presidents, along with former first ladies Laura Bush, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Jill Biden are also expected to attend the ceremony on Thursday with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama at…...
Comedian Tom Dreesen, beloved son of Harvey who toured with Frank Sinatra, has died at 88
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (501+ words) He got his break when he met Tim Reid through the South Side Jaycees. They did a drug education presentation for kids. It was a hit. People said they should be professional comedians. They performed as Tim & Tom, one of…...
The Obama Presidential Center is not an official presidential library. Here's why
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (67+ words) The National Archives and Records Administration owns all the digital and print presidential records and artifacts, and is tasked in preserving them in perpetuity....
Elk Grove Village to pay $10. 5 million to family of man killed by police officers in 2023
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (264+ words) Village board members voted Tuesday to approve the settlement and the release of liability against the village and its officers, required by the insurer. Jack Murray was fatally shot on Dec. 1, 2023....
City Council passes crackdown on black market air bag sales as police struggle to address skyrocketing thefts
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (50+ words) Chicago police had arrested just one person in more than 1, 200 air bag thefts recorded over the first four months of this year, the Sun-Times found. Ald. Gilbert Villegas has said he proposed the new ordinance targeting resellers to give police…...
Greyhound bus terminal will soon be public-owned as City Council approves $19 M purchase
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (123+ words) The deal also pumps millions of dollars into renovating the terminal " and saves the half-million people who use the station each year from potentially being kicked to curb-side bus service....