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January 12, 2026

Chicago

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Dems tap Chicago for 2024 convention, cite critical Midwest

April 11, 2023 Will Weissert, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats announced Tuesday that they will hold their party’s 2024 national convention in Chicago, choosing the biggest liberal city in the Midwest as they try to keep the momentum going after a […]

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On the ballot in 2023: Southern governors, big-city mayors

January 13, 2023 By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation’s biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control of the Virginia Legislature. Governors’ mansions […]

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NASCAR to hit the streets of Chicago with downtown race

July 19, 2022 Jay Cohen, Associated Press

CHICAGO — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans. That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together. Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race […]

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MOORE: Save the children, fire the teachers unions

January 15, 2022 Stephen Moore

It started in Chicago, where an incredible 91% of union teachers voted to go on strike and refused to do what they get paid to do, which is teach. Then the union walkouts spread to […]

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Chicago police: 100 shot, 18 homicides over holiday weekend

July 6, 2021 Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO — One hundred people — including two police officers — were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city’s police department said Tuesday. Among those injured were […]

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MOORE: The insurrection in Chicago

June 17, 2021 Stephen Moore

Almost exactly a year ago, race riots paralyzed more than a dozen of America’s great cities, from New York to Seattle. The smoke hasn’t gone away. As we should have learned from the last episode […]

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MATTHEWS: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot finds out what happens when ‘going woke’ spectacularly backfires

May 26, 2021 Stacey Matthews

Over the last few years, Democratic politicians across the country have found themselves in an ongoing competition to determine who is the most “woke” of them all. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, […]

Business

Former McDonald’s CEO asks court to dismiss case against him

August 18, 2020 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

McDonald’s former CEO is asking a court to dismiss the company’s lawsuit against him, calling it “meritless and misleading.” Chicago-based McDonald’s sued Stephen Easterbrook  last week, seeking to reclaim millions of dollars in compensation paid […]

News

More than 100 arrests, 13 officers hurt amid Chicago looting

August 10, 2020 Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO — More than 100 people were arrested Monday following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts […]

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MATTHEWS: Chicago’s Democratic mayor reaches for the ‘woman card’ to divert from her failed leadership

July 29, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

A few months ago, I wrote a column about how female leaders in the Democratic party need to resist reaching for the woman card every time they feel slighted by voters or a male political […]

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