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The Chicago Teachers Union election set for Friday will decide the future of an incumbent leadership caucus that has been in power for a dozen years and operates as a socialist political party with ironic campaign-cash ties to the Democratic Machine.

KONKOL COLUMN: The Multifaceted Race To Oust CTU Leadership Regime After 12 Years

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• Mayor Lori Lightfoot rolled back the weekend curfew for unattended minors to 10 p.m. in response to the fatal shooting of a teenager near "The Bean" on Saturday. Not everyone is happy about it. (Patch)
• After a bitter battle of race politics, ward bosses cut a deal on a new ward map. The City Council confirmed the move on Monday, saving the rest of us an extra referendum question on the June primary ballot. (Patch)
• "The closing of the Whole Foods Market in Englewood Square comes as no surprise. The store was an ill fit for the community in the first place," Hermene Hartman writes, with a hopeful eye toward the future. (N'DIGO)
• A man and woman were fatally shot at the Warwick Allerton Hotel on the Magnificent Mile Monday in an apparent murder suicide. There have been 16 people shot, four fatally, in the Near North neighborhood so far this year. (CWB)

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• Marc Cohn at City Winery (8 p.m.)
• The Mountain Goats w/ Will Sheff at Thalia Hall (8:30 p.m.)

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— Mark Konkol

About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Chicago Daily? Contact me at mark.konkol@patch.com