Of top 10 busiest airports in America, O’Hare’s noise complaints were far and away the most voluminous in 2014.
Investigation
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New O’Hare Runway To Spare City, Hammer Suburbs
In near term, flights from soon-to-open O’Hare Airport runway will be routed over suburbs, away from city neighborhoods – including Mayor Emanuel’s.
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School Discipline of Young Children Questioned
More than 2,000 kindergarten suspensions were recorded during one school year in Illinois — a number that is far too high, parents and children’s advocates say.
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Is Cicero Towing Deal Taking Taxpayers For Ride?
Clout-heavy towing company finds work in Cicero, donates big to Town President Larry Dominick’s campaign funds while apparently getting free rent on municipal parcel.
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Tuition To Rise At City Colleges
Students at Chicago’s community college network, ultimately overseen by Mayor Emanuel, are hit with big hikes in what they pay to take classes.
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City Colleges Poised To Raise Tuition
Students at Chicago’s community college network, ultimately overseen by Mayor Emanuel, should brace for big hikes in what they pay to take classes.
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Harvey Mayor Resists Sheriff As Municipal Watchdog
South suburb’s City Council votes to appoint Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart as inspector general. Mayor Eric Kellogg vetoes move. The wrangling isn’t over, though.
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Big Pensions For Small Sewage Board
The South Lyons Township Sanitary District doesn’t pay its elected officials much but the retirement benefits can be rich – despite efforts to end them.
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Suspended MWRD Cop ‘Asset To The Midnight Shift’
Saying a federal appeals court mistakenly created a “watershed moment” that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sides with insurance titans that administer healthcare reimbursements
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Pain on Way: Illinois’ Budget Cuts Hit Home
Cash-strapped cities, towns and suburbs set to slash public safety, reduce pension costs, tap rainy day funds and explore bankruptcy, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report finds.