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What’s driving all the faculty strikes at Illinois public universities?

State spending on higher education was cut nearly in half over 20 years after adjusting for inflation, setting the stage for today’s labor strife.

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Cardinal Cupich washes feet of Venezuelan refugees in Holy Thursday ritual: ‘It was divine.’

The Holy Week ritual that symbolizes humility and servitude was performed during Mass at Holy Name Cathedral.

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In United Center show, Depeche Mode proves they still have plenty to give musically

The song platter was a well-constructed, fan dream set that pulled from every era, and like any good Depeche Mode album, moved the crowd through a range of emotions,

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Villegas, Monique Scott win ward races as Taliaferro struggles to hold onto 29th Ward seat

Meanwhile in the 24th Ward, Monique Scott declared victory Tuesday night less than a year after she was appointed to the role after her brother stepped down from the City Council.

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Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayoral race

“Chicago, how the heck are you?” Johnson called out, upon taking the stage at the Grand Horizon Ballroom, 2121 S. Prairie Ave., to claim victory. “Tonight is the gateway to a new future for our city.”

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Data centers keep coming, but not all deals will compute

After a record year for leasing in the sector, three sites in Chicago have varying chances of success. Proximity to ComEd substations is a major factor.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 13 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Cubs fans flocked to Wrigley Field for Opening Day 2023, protesters rallied against a proposed rate hike for Peoples Gas, and more in our best photos of the last week.

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Johnson, Vallas weigh in on Trump, Arwady — and WBEZ weighs rivals’ facts on more familiar debate topics

The candidates exchanged barbs in the hour-long debate held by WBEZ’s Reset. There was little new in their remarks, except for their reaction to former President Donald Trump’s indictment and a question about Chicago’s Public Health Director, Dr. Allison Arwady.

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Johnson accuses Vallas of being ‘dismissive of a Black man’ in TV debate that features both vowing to unify Chicago

Asked how they would bring together a divided city, Vallas said his “comprehensive, very strong, very cohesive and united coalition” would allow him to do so. Johnson said he wouldn’t have gotten this far without a “multi-cultural, multi-generational movement” that is “Black, Brown, white, Asian,…

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Vallas, Johnson commit to resurrecting Department of Environment at forum on Southwest Side

At a forum in Pilsen, both mayoral candidates vowed to revive the shuttered agency to improve air, water quality and enforce ordinances to bring polluters into compliance.

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Battle of the Scotts: Rivals share last name, some ideas in West Side’s 24th Ward runoff

Ald. Monique Scott, who was appointed to the role less than a year ago, is facing Creative Scott, a small-business owner and political outsider. While their histories differ, the two candidates share more than the same last name.

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Incumbent Ald. Chris Taliaferro in runoff to keep 29th Ward seat

Taliaferro, chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, faces CB Johnson, leader of a nonprofit that helps people recover from drug use. On Feb. 28, Johnson ran strongest in the ward’s lowest-income areas.

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Black-owned business in Oak Park ‘barely holding on’ 3 years into the pandemic

House of Melanin, a beauty supply store for African American hairstyles, opened in Oak Park in 2018 and was successful up until the pandemic. Now, the owners say the growth of online ordering threatens to put them out of business.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 16 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Two men were shot in the Loop as crowds flocked downtown for the annual dyeing of the Chicago River before the St. Patrick’s Day parade, Iggy Pop performed at The Salt Shed, and more in our best photos of the last week.

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Doctors in Chicago, elsewhere aim to unravel long COVID’s mysteries, but ‘science takes years’

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center say they already know enough to believe that vaccination likely helps prevent lasting symptoms seen with long COVID.

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From handshakes to hand grenades: Vallas lobs his own verbal bombs in lively debate with Johnson

During their first televised debate last week, Brandon Johnson was the undisputed aggressor. That night, Paul Vallas played it safe by trying to remain above the fray. On Thursday, it was a dramatically different Vallas who showed up to debate his runoff opponent at ABC7 Chicago.

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Five days paid leave guaranteed for Illinois workers under law signed by Pritzker

Starting next year, workers will begin to earn paid leave on their first day at a rate of one hour of leave for every 40 hours worked, up to 40 hours of paid leave for the year.

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Runoff campaign: Vallas’ and Johnson’s pension, property tax plans underwhelm fiscal experts

Brandon Johnson is proposing a slew of new revenues, mostly new taxes on big businesses. Paul Vallas promises to use budgetary acumen to work within the existing budget’s bounds. Neither plan is failsafe, experts say.

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Iggy Pop unstoppable in electrifying performance at the Salt Shed

The septuagenarian delivered what is sure to be one of the best shows of 2023.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 13 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

A grateful city said goodbye to slain Chicago Police Officer Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, the mayoral runoff candidates participated in their first forum, and more in our best photos of the last week.

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Artist Ruth Garcia came to Barrett Park as a little girl to play. Now, she has restored a mural there.

The newly vibrant public work of art is titled “Libertad” and features faces of people the teenage volunteers who helped create it in 2008 saw as faces of freedom.

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Runoff face-off: Johnson casts Vallas as ally of ‘right-wing extremists’ — but Vallas dubs attacks ‘nonsense, again’

Both mayoral hopefuls accused each other of trying to, as Paul Vallas put it, ‘make race the issue’ in the campaign between Black and white candidates where the African-American vote is likely to be decisive.

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A Winnetka man spent decades trying to prove he owned a Renaissance masterpiece. Has AI finally solved the puzzle?

Tony Ayers died last year, but his friends now say they have proof the artwork is a rare gem worth tens of millions of dollars — thanks to artificial intelligence.

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Picture Chicago: 19 must-see photos from the last week in news

First responders honor a fallen police officer, Election Day reaction and more in our photographers’ best pictures.

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Bail denied for man accused of killing Chicago police officer as prosecutors disclose details of deadly confrontation

Steven Montano, 18, was being chased in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue, across the street from Sawyer Elementary School, when he suddenly turned around and pointed a gun at Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors said.

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