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Chicago Police Carjacking Task Force Expanded To 24-Hour Patrols
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said officials believe there was a connection between remote learning and increased in carjackings.
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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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Tired Of Lip Service To Violence, Pastor Launches U.S. Senate Run
KONKOL COLUMN: "All of our federal elected officials have failed us" by not addressing violence correctly, pastor Anthony Williams says.
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Pritzker Delivers 'Groundhog Day' Re-Election Budget Address
KONKOL COLUMN: Maybe Pritzker thinks Illinoisans are naive enough to believe boosterism — of our state and himself — without context.
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Chicago Teachers Union Boss Jesse Sharkey Won't Seek Re-Election
As CTU president, Sharkey led teachers on strike in 2019 and last month's in-person learning boycott.
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More Convictions Connected To Corrupt Police Sergeant Overturned
Cook County prosecutors agreed to dismiss 19 convictions connected to evidence collected by corrupt Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts.
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Most IL Poll Respondents Report Regular Anxiety, Depression
Patch survey results: Illinois readers who were not bothered by depression and anxiety symptoms were in the minority.
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What Does Chicagoans' Poop Tell Us About Coronavirus Case Spread?
KONKOL COLUMN: Tracking the presence of COVID-19 in sewage treatment plants offers an overview of how the virus spreads in neighborhoods.
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33 Million Reasons Why Fed-Up Teachers Want To Unseat CTU Bosses
KONKOL COLUMN: Unchecked political spending — and $33 million in lost pay — giving Chicago Teachers Union challengers "wind at our backs."
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