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School said 'hi' — special needs student took it from there
A few months before Ryan Burke became the first student with Down syndrome to attend Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, his father made an emotional plea to his son's classmates. "All we ask is that you say 'hi' to him. Just give him a chance," Kevin...
Tags: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Elmhurst College, Teaching and Learning, Special Olympics, Roman Catholicism
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King Madigan's pension plan unconcstitutional
My wife and I were public school educators for a combined 67 years. We followed all the rules and paid the required pension deductions from every paycheck. Illinois legislators, meanwhile, decided against providing required contributions to the Teachers&...Tags: Michael Madigan, Politics, Lombard, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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St. Louis grocer says data breach may total $80M in Illinois
Tribune reporterA data breach at a St. Louis-based grocery store chain could cost the family-run company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to a court filing. Schnuck Markets Inc., which has more than 30 stores in the Rockford area and in downstate Illinois,...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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Supreme Court rules that state can refuse to foot prosecutor's legal bill
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Attorney General Lisa Madigan in her battle to refuse a taxpayer-funded defense for a former downstate prosecutor accused of wrongfully prosecuting two men in a murder case. The ruling, authored by...
Tags: Murder, Lisa Madigan, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Judicial hopefuls rely on political consultants
This story was reported in collaboration with Medill Watchdog, a project at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and WGN-TV, with producer Marsha Bartel and reporter Mark Suppelsa contributing. Medill Watchdog can be found at...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Primaries, Cook County Government
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Borizov trial seen as successful test of cameras in state courtrooms
Their deliberations completed, the jurors marched into the courtroom, and the judge asked if they had reached a verdict. The foreman said they had. Soon the clerk read from the signed verdict forms: "We, the jury, find Johnny Borizov guilty of first-...
Tags: Murder, Darien (DuPage, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice, Cook County Government, Human Interest
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Oak Brook attorney suspended by state Supreme Court
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Supreme Court has suspended an Oak Brook attorney, author and former radio host accused of misappropriating more than $2 million from her clients. The court indefinitely suspended Kathleen Niew’s license to practice Tuesday while her...Tags: Finance, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Corporate Crime
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Strengthen the inspector general
By now, Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be tired of being reminded of his unfulfilled promise to empower the city's inspector general. Cover your eyes, Mayor, because here we go again. Among the pledges contained in Emanuel's responses to a Tribune survey of...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Local Government, Chicago City Hall
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Knock yourselves out, Senators
If a good plan for relieving Illinois' pension crisis has momentum, why not offer an inferior proposal that wouldn't do as much good? To that end, Senate President John Cullerton on Monday unveiled another insufficient pension reform bill, this one with...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Daniel Biss, Springfield, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Employees
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Orland Park's holds inauguration day
There was standing room only inside Orland Park's board room Monday where officials decked the space with red, white and blue bunting and welcomed Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke to help conduct their inauguration into office. Family,...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Elections, Politics, Orland Park
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Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends
Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Separation of Church and State, Political Fundraising, Children's Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ill. chief justice: Follow FOID law on mental health issues
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD — The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, citing “gun-related tragedies” and the state’s debate over concealed carry, emphasized in a memo to judges throughout Illinois this week that the state must be notified...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Politics
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