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Teachers union pushing again for end to Chicago residency rule

Residency requirements for Chicago teachers are back on the Springfield agenda, this time with an unlikely sponsor. State Sen. Heather Steans says she was able to convince Sen. President John Cullerton to extend the deadline for SB 3522, a bill that would scrap the rule requiring teachers in traditional Chicago public schools to live within the city limits. (459 views)... More...
CatalystRebecca      comments 15 comments      tim Posted 3 days ago
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Crestwood Residents Beseiged by Elevated Cancer Rates

Crestwood Residents Beseiged by Elevated Cancer Rates

Mixing Chicago suburban Crestwood's water supply with dangerous carcinogens may be to blame for "significantly elevated" cancer rates according to one State of Illinois study. (159 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 9 comments      tim Posted 1 week ago
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Aide Fired for Writing Book of Double Standards in Senator Durbin's Office

Aide Fired for Writing Book of Double Standards in Senator Durbin's Office

Twenty-nine-year-old Kathleen Rooney, a mid-level aide to Illinois Democratic Sen. (21 views)... More...
msszczep      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 1 week ago
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Hendon Calls Brady 'Crazy'

A powerful Democratic lawmaker is throwing some big stones at the likely Republican nominee for Illinois governor. (10 views)... More...
arnoldtj      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 3 weeks ago
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Sun Times Attack Sen. Meeks, School Reform in Defense of Local Councils - local sovie

Sun Times Attack Sen. Meeks, School Reform in Defense of Local Councils - local sovie

Not so hot, but the Chicago Sun Times is Okay with it. Radical. Radically stupid. (11 views)... More...
pathickey      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 4 weeks ago
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A Bad Year for Teachers

This may just be the understatement of the year. Nationally and locally we are under a serious attack. Why do so many non-educators think they know so much about education?? (64 views)... More...
cpsteacher      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 4 weeks ago
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Alexi! Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts! Zorba Durbin is going to School You on Coming C

Alexi! Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts! Zorba Durbin is going to School You on Coming C

The controversy there whether it reflects on Alexi himself personally or the banking practices remains to be seen, but I've encouraged him to answer all the questions." Senator Dithering Dick Durbin (16 views)... More...
pathickey      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 4 weeks ago
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Health Care Educator: Debate Ignores Patient?

Health Care Educator: Debate Ignores Patient?

Chicago-based Emmi Solutions' founder Jordan Dolin asks whether patients have been ignored in the national debate over who pays for health care? Does the physicians always know best, Windy Citizens? (160 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 17 weeks ago
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Chicago food critics spar on Twitter ethics

Where's Craig Kanalley when you need him...? (Hint.) (118 views)... More...
danielhonigman      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 17 weeks ago
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Psychiatrist recieves nearly half a million dollars from drug company

Executives inside pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca faced a high-stakes dilemma. On one hand, Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein was bringing the company a small fortune in sales and was conducting research that made one of its most promising drugs look spectacular. On the other, some worried that his research findings might be too good to be true. (59 views)... More...
Nelson      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 17 weeks ago

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