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South Loop Elementary School completely eliminating gifted program

In Friday night email, Principal Tara Shelton says kindergarten through eighth grade will be cut

11/04/2011 6:40 PM

A month after South Loop Elementary School announced it would cuts its gifted program for kindergarten, principal Tara Shelton announced Friday night that the school is permanently cutting the entire gifted program.
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Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union reach agreement on longer school day

Near West Side’s STEM Magnet Academy and William H. Brown Elementary will keep longer day

11/04/2011 6:39 PM

After months of acrimonious debate, behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing, and general rancor Chicago Public Schools officials reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union on the longer school day Thursday night.
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Mercy Hospital begins merger negotiations

If things go as planned, Michigan-based Trinity Health could acquire Near South Side hospital by next spring

11/03/2011 4:08 PM

Mercy Hospital, the 159-year-old hospital at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. on the Near South Side, where former Mayor Daley was born, has entered into formal negotiations to merge with a Michigan-based hospital system.
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Fioretti plans community meetings for hotel, office building

Toyoko Inn, Old St. Pat's office building on tap

11/02/2011 6:09 PM

Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) is planning to hold community meetings on two controversial West Loop projects next Wednesday, Nov. 9.
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Solis pitches tickets, not arrests, for pot possession

People found with small amounts would get $200 ticket, making money for city instead of losing it on jail

10/27/2011 1:05 PM

Small-time pot smokers who get nabbed in Chicago might get a lighter punishment, if a new plan from University Village and Pilsen Alderman Danny Solis (25th) passes the city council.
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Casino for South Loop, West Loop thrown into doubt

With Quinn's demands, some downstate lawmakers say no way

10/17/2011 7:10 PM

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Monday that he would not sign the gambling bill passed by the Illinois legislature earlier this year, throwing a possible casino in the South Loop or West Loop into uncertainty.
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New CTA Green Line station slated for Cermak in South Loop

Green Line station built to support McCormick Place, Motor Row; city hopes it opens by 2014

10/14/2011 6:49 PM

Updated 10/19/2011 6:00 p.m.
After years of lobbying from South Loop residents who say they need another CTA stop, the Green Line is slated to get a new station on Cermak Road near McCormick Place.
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Man stabbed at Plush in West Loop

Burnett says incident is a “stake in their coffin” for controversial club

10/13/2011 7:18 PM

Updated 10/19/2011 6:15 p.m.
A 43-year-old man was stabbed in the neck at controversial West Loop night club Plush just after midnight Thursday morning after an argument, leaving him in critical condition.
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13th District police station could close

Wood station covered parts of West Loop and Near West Side

10/12/2011

The city’s 13th District police station, which covers the north end of the Near West Side and the 2nd Ward, could close under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new proposed budget.
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Former CJ writer named Sun-Times food critic

Michael Nagrant covered cops, features, food

10/12/2011 2:52 PM

Michael Nagrant, a Chicago Journal alumnus who wrote features, restaurant reviews and the paper’s police blotter from 2005 through 2010, has been named the Chicago Sun-Times’ new dining critic.
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