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RT @wttw: Michael Madigan, once the nation’s longest-serving state legislative leader, has been sentenced to more than seven years in priso…

RT @CrystinImmel: Ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison After Conviction in Landmark Corruption Case | @wttw…

RT @wttw: Local and statewide organizations representing Haitian American and African immigrants are condemning the Trump administration’s…

Chicago taxpayers should pay $14.75 million to a man who spent more than 29 years in prison after being convicted of a double murder he did not commit, city lawyers recommended https://t.co/ffYa1W7VCy

Tragedy, betrayal, revenge. Those are the themes of most any Shakespearean drama — but audiences are now getting a twist with the classic “Hamlet.” Rather than a stage production, creators are delivering an audio adaptation. https://t.co/bWmxs6YG3z

No Kings protest: Organizers are planning to gather in Daley Plaza at noon Saturday to join in on the anti-Trump movement. Dozens of other gatherings are planned across the Chicago area, from neighborhoods to suburbs like Evanston and Schaumburg. https://t.co/lYzaTF3Uwd

The lack of a contract between the city and ComEd inked in the 21st century has tied the city’s hands in the fight against climate change and halted efforts to transition the city to clean energy, reducing the use of fossil fuels. https://t.co/R1Xg8Uf5Sm

Dwindling enrollment has left about 150 Chicago schools half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity, leading to high costs and limited course offerings. https://t.co/AnYYM9Phnw

RT @wttw: Gov. JB Pritzker steadfastly defended Illinois’ handling of the migrant crisis and laws designed to protect undocumented immigran…

RT @wttw: The House narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut about $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid programs, NPR,…

From the Old Town Art Fair to ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ Here Are 5 Arts Picks for the Weekend https://t.co/KOkGsttHho

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen for clues to the origin of life on Earth. https://t.co/sxIWroyGUw

Yusef Jackson, Rainbow PUSH’s executive director, said activists and Rainbow PUSH Coalition staff will travel on public transit to the downtown Target store on State Street to peacefully protest the lack of corporate support for civil rights. https://t.co/Zby9P9EMnX

The report found that the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow-era segregation, industrial disinvestment and mass incarceration have blocked Black men from opportunities to build wealth. https://t.co/EmjfgeRyBB

RT @HeatherCherone: “I am counting on all of Chicago to resist in this moment,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “Whatever particular vulnerable…

RT @wttw: Chicago Transit Authority Acting President Nora Leerhsen on Wednesday cautioned that there will be no changes to CTA service duri…

Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly is asking to be released from prison just three years into his 30-year sentence, claiming his life is in danger after federal officials allegedly stole confidential communications to help secure his conviction. https://t.co/YU9pb7Ne3h