Olympic cap proposed

07/02/2009 3:24 PM

A cap on the amount of taxpayer monies the city could spend on an Olympic games here was proposed at Tuesday's city council meeting.
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• Jones students craft audio essays

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Shimmery shaking at citywide parade

Dancers wearing shiny top hats entertained an estimated 500,000 people from the Lake View East Festival of the Arts float at Sunday's Pride Parade in Boystown.
FRANK PINC/Staff Photographer
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The great coyote hunt

Part I: 'Canis latrans' and the Rezko property

07/01/2009 10:00 PM

The Diarist
Coyotes in the backyard don't mean wolves at the door. Donald Jaburek learned this when he moved into his ziggurat-shaped condominium at 15th and Clark four years ago, and discovered several of his next-door neighbors were furry, four-legged and pointy of ear. (No Comments) Read more...

Budget crisis unsolved

No 'partial' budget, says Quinn

07/01/2009 10:00 PM

Lawmakers in Springfield failed to strike a budget deal Monday and Tuesday, leaving state government, as it started its fiscal year on July 1, with no resolution regarding its deficit, state-funded social service providers staring down cuts and the fate of a bill that would pay for capital projects across Illinois in limbo. (No Comments) Read more...

Ferocious flyers suits settled

Fioretti v. Haithcock and vice versa ends

07/01/2009 10:00 PM

The litigants in a lawsuit and a counterclaim stemming from mailings sent out in the last days of the 2007 campaign for 2nd Ward alderman have settled, according to a Feb. 13, 2009 court filing, bringing to a formal end a particularly ferocious chapter in the closely fought race. (No Comments) Read more...

Reprieve for Montefiore Elementary

Principal still says she needs students

07/01/2009 10:00 PM

Reversing previous plans, Chicago Public Schools won't cut teaching and support staff at Montefiore Elementary, a school for emotionally troubled boys who have been referred out of neighborhood schools across the city. The cuts could have foreshadowed Montefiore's closure. (No Comments) Read more...