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Gas Tax Rollback / Bears Back-Up QB / Radio Pirate / Bright Eyes
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Mark Konkol, Patch Contributing Writer
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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."
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New 11th Ward Boss / Konkol On 'Pizza City' / Population Decline
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Latest Best-City Clickbait Has Ingredients For Worst Pizza List
KONKOL COLUMN: All you have to do is tell the truth: Chicago is America's top Pizza City. And Detroit pizza is dressed-up garlic bread.
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Lightfoot Set To Appoint Chicago's First Asian Woman Ward Boss
Chinatown native Nicole Lee would replace felonious former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of Chicago mayors.
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Willie Wilson's Free Gas Day / Biggest Pot Shop / Early CPS Start
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God Bless Willie Wilson, Chicago's 'Free Gas' Man Of The People
KONKOL COLUMN: Snarled traffic from Wilson's gas-giveaways is a reminder that doubling state gas tax hike hit working-class hardest.
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Lollapalooza Line Up / Casino Finalists / Robbery Crew / Kanye
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City Hall Narrows Field For Chicago Casino To Three Locations
Development proposals for Bally's, Hard Rock and Rivers made the short list for Chicago's only casino license.
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2022 Lollapalooza 4-Day Tickets Go On Sale At Noon
Metallica, Dua Lipa, J. Cole and Green Day are set to headline the four-day annual music festival in Grant Park on July 28-31.
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'26 Beaches, No Sharks' / Rainbow Cone Trucks / Kidnapper Foiled
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Chicago Welcomes Back Travelers With '26 Beaches ... No Sharks'
"What We're Made Of" is Chicago's new marketing campaign to welcome back an increasing number of travelers to Midway and O'Hare.
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Boys Caught Carjacking / 'Sox Henge' / No More Madness / Bulls
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Baby Shot / More Free Gas / Mayor Summit / Chicago Henge / Eagles
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Pot Sales Drop / Konkol Column / Beauty Queen Wrestler / Bob Weir
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Gov's Promise To Include Minorities In Weed Industry Up In Smoke
KONKOL COLUMN: Pritzker's proposed changes to legal weed application process as election nears seen as a "mea culpa" on a failed system.
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Free Gas Today / Smollett On Bond / Sister Jean / St. Paddy's Day
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7,500 COVID Deaths / Cops Not Charged / Uber Gas Hike / Kat Von D
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More Than 7,500 Chicagoans Have Died Of COVID-19 In Two Years
On the eve of a somber anniversary, the city's first coronavirus-related death, Mayor Lightfoot honored the memory of Patricia Frieson.
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RIP Pervis Spann / Smollett Poll Results / No Mass Firings / Tig
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Poll Result: Most Readers Say Jussie Smollett's Sentence Was Fair
About 11 percent of poll respondents said Smollett's 150-day jail sentence was unfair. Around 17 percent say he deserved more jail time.
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