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Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez wants to curb mayoral power, cut City Council by half

The most dramatic and controversial of Lopez’s proposals is to reduce the size of the City Council from 50 members to just 25. Alderpersons and mayors have talked about it for decades.

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After a tough summer for air travel, what will the fall bring?

Ellie and Ryan Weseloh feel lucky to have escaped the worst of what the summer brought for air travelers.

Chicago Tribune

Leaders’ exits challenge Chicago police reform effort during crucial stretch

CHICAGO — Earlier this year, the former federal prosecutor evaluating the Chicago Police Department’s court-ordered efforts to reform itself took the department to task in an unusual letter.

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Girl, 15, wounded in South Chicago shooting

The teen was a passenger in a car in the 8800 block of South Commercial Avenue when she was shot in the right calf early Monday, police said.

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‘Mental torture for us’: A year after fleeing Afghanistan, refugees in Chicago anguish over unclear future

Since last August, about 2,500 Afghans have resettled in Illinois. Many face huge hurdles in finding jobs, difficulty resolving their immigration status and uncertainty that some fear will have a long-term impact on their health.

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With ‘This Is Us’ over, Chrissy Metz focuses on her musical side

TV actor, who performs Tuesday at Chicago’s City Winery, admits she’s ‘probably obnoxious’ with her routine of singing constantly.

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South Chicago artist tells story of steel mills, drugs, gangs in first major retrospective

Self-taught painter and sculptor Roman Villarreal’s work is on view at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art until January.

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Sky lose another Game 1, fall to Sun 68-63

The Sun scored the final six points, holding off the Sky to win Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals 68-63 on Sunday night at Wintrust Arena. Game 2 is Wednesday in Chicago.

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Chicago White Sox get swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks — their 9th loss in 11 games: ‘It hasn’t gone our way’

CHICAGO — Elvis Andrus and Luis Robert stood at second and first base, respectively, representing the potential tying and winning runs for the Chicago White Sox.

Chicago Tribune

Adrian Sampson — 1 of 2 Chicago Cubs who can’t travel to Toronto because of vaccine requirements — gets pulled early from 9-7 loss

MILWAUKEE — Adrian Sampson handed off the baseball to Chicago Cubs manager David Ross, visibly unhappy at his removal.

Chicago Tribune

After years of neglect and disinvestment, it’s time for Auburn Gresham to rise again

My hope is that 79th and Halsted will rise again — restored to a place where South Side kids can dream big dreams, find the magic of their own neighborhood and gain the confidence to explore the world beyond.

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‘It’s just wild:’ Street takeovers continue throughout weekend, leading to clashes with cops but only a few arrests

A 19-year-old suburban man is facing felony charges for allegedly driving toward a police sergeant, and another man had his car impounded — but otherwise, the mayhem went on for two straight nights.

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Urban farm cultivates development in East Garfield Park — but it’s no charity: ‘Let’s empower’

Herban Produce in East Garfield Park switched from a nonprofit farm to for-profit in 2018. The team urges residents to visit, not because they’re on the West Side of Chicago, but because they offer “the best produce.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Cyclists, pedestrians and motorists clash over COVID street changes

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities including Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles installed dedicated bus lanes within a matter of months.

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Minor-leaguers and their advocates hope Congress will revoke MLB’s antitrust exemption. Here’s how they are pushing for change.

CHICAGO — Rob Manfred’s response to a question last month about minor league salaries before the All-Star Game took off when the Major League Baseball commissioner said “I reject the premise that they’re not paid a living wage.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Horoscope for Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions until 10 p.m., Chicago time. The moon is in Virgo.

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Bears fans were overjoyed with Justin Fields’ ‘dress rehearsal’ performance against the Browns

Fields was BALLING in Chicago's last exhibition!

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Julius Ellens steps up to help Glenbard West survive Marist

Julius Ellens scored four touchdowns as No. 7 Glenbard West built a big early lead and hung on for dear life to pull out a 33-31 win over No. 12 Marist in Chicago.

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How will MLS’ deal with Apple impact the Fire?

MLS matches will all be in the same spot, but the pact forces the Fire to leave WGN.

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Lake Michigan ‘Playpen’ tragedies: Woman who lost feet grateful to be alive; man who drowned remembered

CHICAGO — Celebrations ended tragically this month in Lake Michigan’s “Playpen” area when a boat rammed into a mom of two, leaving her without feet, and another boating accident claimed the life of a man remembered as a “great dad and a great brother.”

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2 killed in South Chicago shooting

The two men were fatally shot Saturday during an argument with another person in the 8300 block of South Paxton Avenue, police said.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It’s a bizarro season in Chicago, where contending White Sox get booed and optimism grows for Cubs

CHICAGO — With a little more than one month remaining in this bizarro baseball season in Chicago, the Cubs and White Sox have somehow managed to switch identities.

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9 killed by gunfire over the weekend in Chicago, 5-year-old boy among 25 others wounded

The boy and a man were shot while traveling in a car Sunday evening in Rogers Park on the North Side.

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Chicago outdoors: Suburban bucks, Jack O’Lantern mushrooms, black crickets & Illinois doves/pigeons

A bunch of bucks at a suburban forest preserve, Jack O’Lantern mushrooms in Will County, black crickets around Chicago, and recognized doves and pigeons in Illinois are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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Why aren’t more Chicago parents going for free universal preschool?

CPS is offering universal pre-K for 4-year-olds in most of the city, but WBEZ found that thousands of seats are unfilled — mostly in schools serving high numbers of low-income families with large majorities of Black or Latino children.

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