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Chicago Academy for the Arts receives ‘transformative’ gift from famous alum

Songwriter Justin Tranter is donating $500,000 to the school to support scholarship programs for students in need.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Bulls are following same script as the 2022 White Sox — fighting to reach .500 but making no moves to improve

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox spent the first four months of the 2022 season trying to get to the .500 mark, then passed up an opportunity to make a major acquisition at the trade deadline.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker OKs measure relaxing restrictions on felons changing their names

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into a law a measure that loosens restrictions for people with past felony convictions who want to legally change their names.

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Police issue citations as activists attempt to enter shuttered Woodlawn school housing newly arrived immigrants

The city’s plans to transform the shuttered James Wadsworth Elementary School into a temporary shelter for migrants seeking asylum has been met with controversy in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seniors, people with disabilities, CPS students should ride CTA free, mayoral challenger Brandon Johnson says

Johnson already had proposed free CTA rides for CPS students. Friday, he unveiled a transportation plan that extends free rides to the elderly and people with disabilities — and offers deep discounts to the working poor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 16, charged as adult in Chicago high school shooting that left 2 students dead and 2 others wounded

CHICAGO — A 16-year-old boy has been charged in the deadly December shooting at Benito Juarez High School in Chicago, officials announced Friday afternoon.

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Blackhawks' Patrick Kane says he wasn’t ‘the happiest’ to hear about Rangers’ trade for Vladimir Tarasenko

CHICAGO — Patrick Kane acknowledged Friday that the New York Rangers’ trade for Vladimir Tarasenko was a blow to his potential trade plans.

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City Hall giving passes on air pollution, CPD shooting probed and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Defensive Vallas responds to controversies stirred up by opposition research against him

“I’m the frontrunner. That’s the reason. They know I’ve got momentum. They know I’m rising in the polls. They know that I’m a threat. And this time, they’re gonna try to attack me personally as opposed to challenge me on the issues,” mayoral challenger Paul Vallas told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Auto Show back to full size for first time since the pandemic, hoping for crowds of EV and old-school car enthusiasts

After three years of pandemic disruption that saw postponements, downsizing and a special outdoor summer edition, the Chicago Auto Show may be hitting on all cylinders for the 2023 edition.

Chicago Tribune

Picture Chicago: Must-see photos from the last couple weeks in the city

Chicago mayoral candidates campaign, kids try out for the Jesse White Tumblers and more in our best photos of the last few weeks.

Chicago Sun-Times

After taking a pass on mayor’s race, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley endorses Garcia

Earlier this week, Garcia was endorsed by former Gov. Pat Quinn, who chose him over Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whom he supported four years ago, and Paul Vallas, whom he chose in 2014 as his running mate for lieutenant governor.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly attorneys ask for sentence of about 11 years for Chicago federal conviction stemming from sex abuse of teen girls

CHICAGO — Lawyers for R. Kelly early Friday asked a federal judge in Chicago to sentence the disgraced R&B singer to about 11 years in prison for his conviction last year for repeatedly sexually abusing his teenage goddaughter and others on videotape decades ago.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s defense attorney asks federal judge in Chicago not to add to star’s decades behind bars

Kelly is set to be sentenced in Chicago on Feb. 23. But the big question is whether the judge adds to the 30-year sentence Kelly is already serving for his racketeering conviction in New York. That sentence is likely to keep Kelly behind bars until his late 70s.

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Polluters like Southeast Side plant often get a pass on air-quality violations in Chicago, Sun-Times finds

Fewer than half of all citations written by Chicago city health inspectors in recent years for air pollution end up sticking, records show. That’s left neighbors of polluters unhappy.

Chicago Sun-Times

POLL: Chicagoans want more help for newly arrived immigrants — despite controversy over South Side shelter

A majority of Chicago voters think local government should provide more assistance to the hundreds of recently arrived immigrants, according to a Sun-Times/WBEZ/Telemundo Chicago/NBC5 poll.

Chicago Sun-Times

POLL: Bear down at Soldier Field, Chicagoans tell team — but don’t ask us to bear the cost

More than half of the 625 Chicagoans who took part in the telephone survey said they don’t want to see the team ditch its iconic lakefront colonnades for a new stadium in Arlington Heights.

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Paul Sullivan: Why do we cling to Michael Jordan’s mythical title as the greatest player of all time?

CHICAGO — Chicago still is known as the Second City, though it dropped behind Los Angeles to No. 3 in U.S. population back in 1982.

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Biden's 2024 headaches

"It was a slap in the face," one leader said, when Democrats chose a right-to-work state to host their 2012 convention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democratic Party’s 2024 convention: The choices are down to Chicago, Atlanta

Chicago backers are increasingly focused on knocking out Georgia because it is a right-to-work state with few union hotel rooms. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will again pitch the president.

Chicago Tribune

Alderman complained Lightfoot didn’t call when he shot himself by accident

CHICAGO — Even by Chicago politics’ standards, the recent spat between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alderman Derrick Curtis is strange.

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Michigan State football offers 2024 cornerback from Chicago

MSU has sent an offer to a 2024 CB from Chicago

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Ice ‘donuts’ And ‘pancakes’ Transform Lake Michigan Shoreline

In one Wisconsin town, the shoreline of Lake Michigan was changed by an extraordinarily frosty scene

Chicago Sun-Times

Four-candidate mayoral forum turns into two-way conversation after no-shows

Scheduling conflicts kept Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and businessman Willie Wilson away from the forum, so community activist Ja’Mal Green and retiring Ald. Roderick Sawyer had the stage to themselves.

Chicago Sun-Times

Voters worry about crime, police chief lays groundwork for exit and more in your Chicago news roundup

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