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CTU Bosses Need To Build A 'Better Relationship With The Truth'
KONKOL COLUMN: CTU's Stacy Davis Gates continues to try to sell the in-person learning walkout as necessary. It wasn't.
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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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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Lightfoot said she started to experience cold-like symptoms Tuesday. She said she feels "fine" and will work from home in isolation.
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CPS Back To Class Wednesday / Nagy, Pace Gone / Konkol Column
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Chicago Teachers Union Suspends In-Person Learning Boycott
CTU's House of Delegates voted to end the union's stand-off with Chicago Public School officials that that kept 330,000 students from class.
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Chicago Teachers Walkout Following The Politics, Not The Science
KONKOL COLUMN: Data shows CPS COVID-19 cases vary by school, undercutting union claims that in-person learning isn't safe districtwide.
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Still, No School / Ice Bumper Cars / Nagy Future / Beer Scholar
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Pritzker Revives Bid To Pawn Off Pet Virus-Test Project On CPS
KONKOL COLUMN: The Chicago Teachers Union touts the SHIELD test offer pushed by the governor, but SHIELD Illinois failed to make the grade.
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Tropical-Themed Rum Palace, Lost Lake, Killed By Coronavirus
"Maybe someday we’ll be back in one form or another, but it looks like this is it for now," Lost Lake owners announced on Instagram.
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No Class / Justin Fields COVID / Lake View Burlgars / Blame Poll
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CPS Classes Cancelled Friday As Teachers Union Standoff Continues
CPS officials say school principals may contact parents to notify them some in-person student activities will be offered Friday.
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Lightfoot Backers Seek Public Opinion On Standoff With CTU
A survey asked likely voters who is to blame — Mayor Lightfoot or Chicago Teachers Union — for canceled classes at public schools.
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Bears Quarterback Sidelined By Coronavirus Before Season Finale
Shortly after being named the starter for the Bears' final game Sunday, quarterback Justin Fields has entered the COVID-19 protocol.
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CPS Class Still Out / Konkol Column / Starbucks Union / Mocktails
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Where's Outrage From Top Dems As CTU Strike Defies 'Science'?
KONKOL COLUMN: Chicago Teachers Union leaders disregard data, scientific studies and maybe state law with vote for districtwide walkout.
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Chicago Public Schools Cancelled Thursday Amid CTU Work Action
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez says classes will be cancelled for a second day as Chicago Teachers Union stops in-person learning.
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CPS Classes Cancelled / 200 Detectives / Legal Weed Sales Double
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Chicago Teachers Vote To Go Remote, Classes Canceled Wednesday
Chicago Public Schools officials said the union vote to stop in-person learning amounts to an "illegal work action."
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First Marriage of 2022 / Will Teachers Walk Out? / Bears Sack Man
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