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Chicago’s best Halloween decorations: Homes and yards get spooky with ghosts, ghouls and more

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Amendment ‘right thing’ for workers? Or ‘government union power play’? Proposal stirs debate on union rights, worker safety

Supporters say the amendment will enshrine collective bargaining rights as fundamental Illinois law and help workers bargain for measures that affect public safety. Detractors call it a power grab by organized labor that will raise the cost of government and, therefore, property taxes.

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Picture Chicago: The Sun-Times’ best unseen photos of the week

The Field Museum’s newest exhibit, a star turn from Lizzo at the United Center and more in our favorite photos from the last week in Chicago.

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Afghan refugees in Chicago urge Congress to provide long-term immigration protections

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is a co-sponsor of the bill in the House, said she feels cautiously optimistic that the legislation will pass by the end of the year. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said there aren’t yet sufficient sponsors in the Senate to get the legislation passed — but…

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Southwest Side pizza joint owner cheated drivers out of wages, lawsuit claims

Santos Nava, Javier Castillo, Asael Espinosa and Juan Rosales, drivers for Naty’s Pizza in Gage Park, say they deserved an hourly wage and overtime, instead of being paid per delivery.

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Renters band together to demand better security, quicker repairs of buildings’ management

A group of residents who have formed the “East Lake Tenants Union” urged Chicago officials to rethink giving contracts to East Lake Management until improvements are made in their buildings.

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Picture Chicago: The Sun-Times’ photos of the week

The Chicago Marathon moved through the city, the Rev. Jesse Jackson turned 81, the Bears lost to the Commanders and more in our best unseen photos of the week.

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100,000 tulip bulbs to be planted on South Side vacant lots

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

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Museum will preserve stories of public housing residents: ‘You don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you came from’

The Near West Side site will occupy the site of the former Jane Addams Homes and will use the last remaining building from that public housing complex.

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Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day — completely, Illinois coalition urges

Les Begay, co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples Day Coalition of Illinois, said he doesn’t want to share the holiday with Columbus anymore.

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Taking the pulse of Argyle Street: From silent movies to voices rising over gentrification, representation, crime

Argyle Street, a pocket of Chicago’s Uptown community area, has long been known as a refuge for Asian immigrants, but residents worry it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to afford to live there.

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Mother of man found shot in burning vehicle calls for improvements on Far South Side road: ‘They need to know Myron was well-loved’

The family, along with community activist Andrew Holmes, want Doty Avenue renamed in memory of Myron Richardson and more cameras and lighting on the street.

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Rare Midwest dinosaur fossil ‘the Beast’ arrives at the Field Museum

Strapped to a broad pallet, the 2,500 pound chunk of bones and rock was wrapped in plaster to protect it on its trip from southern Missouri to the Field Museum Friday.

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Robot food delivery pilot program gets green light from City Council committee

If the full council endorses the plan, a year-old, pandemic-inspired test would expand to an area bounded by Halsted Street, Ogden Avenue, Roosevelt Road and the Eisenhower Expressway.

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As Riot Fest crews set up in Douglass Park, Little Village, Lawndale residents push for music festival to leave

The three-day music festival starts Friday, but some West Side leaders say it’s detrimental to the health of nearby communities.

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Bears fans, business owners have mixed feelings about potential move to suburbs

As the Bears faithful hung out before the team’s rain-drenched opening win on Sunday, the specter of a potential move to Arlington Heights loomed like the storm clouds over Soldier Field.

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School hopes ‘life-changing’ donation — 3 horses — will help stressed students heal

The unusual gift to the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences from the National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association will help the school launch a therapeutic riding program.

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Picture Chicago: Sun-Times’ photos you might have missed this week

Migrants are welcomed from Texas, the Chicago Sky tie its series 1-1 in the WNBA Semifinals, a mural goes up at Mahalia Jackson Court and more in our best unseen pics of the week.

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Statue of gospel legend Mahalia Jackson to be unveiled at memorial plaza in Chatham

Jackson died in 1972, but her legacy lives on. The longtime Chicago resident is said to have influenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech after she performed at the March on Washington in 1963.

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Pritzker calls threat to abortion rights ‘actual emergency’ for voters to prevent — promises further legislation

The event also highlighted that the pledge Pritzker made on June 24 to call the Illinois General Assembly back into session in Springfield to “further enshrine” reproductive rights remains unfulfilled.

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New South Side center sets out to provide community, support for homeless young adults

The Lyte Lounge in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood wants to be a beacon for young people struggling with homelessness. Visitors can grab a meal, find community and feel at home.

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Girls learn basics of national security

National security professionals hope a 4-day career development program will yield a new cadre of recruits.

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Foxx moves to drop charges in 8 murders tainted by former CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara

At least two defendants were expected to be released from prison Tuesday.

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Protesters return to occupy CHA-owned house in Humboldt Park

The agency is investigating after a management company forced activists who’d been at the house since January to leave the property. The firm’s president, having viewed video of the incident said it “does not condone this type of behavior under any circumstances.”

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A ‘very scary moment’ — City Council member recalls her abortion at 19

“It was really hard for me as a very young person to figure out where to go ... or what was the guidance that I needed,” Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez said Wednesday, as she and others touted a proposed ordinance to strengthen abortion protections and and support in Chicago.

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