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A man in a Chicago Teachers Union hat joins Chicago International Charter School teachers at a rally while on strike Feb. 5, 2019. Another batch of teachers is threatening to go on strike.

Teachers at 5 privately run Chicago schools authorize strikes as contract talks continue

May 23, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

Another batch of unionized teachers at privately run schools has threatened to go on strike, as the Chicago Teachers Union tries to put pressure on managers of five campuses amid...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, center, joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., right, and other supporters at a news conference at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters, takes questions from the news media on April 6, 2019.

Chicago’s police union is ‘the sworn enemy of black people,’ Rep. Bobby Rush says after protest of Jussie Smollett case

May 23, 2019 at 6:57 a.m.

After a week of heated protests and calls for her resignation, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and African-American leaders condemned Chicago’s police union and defended how the prosecutor’s office...

Mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle talks with Richard Brown while leaving a rally at the People's Church of the Harvest on March 31, 2019, in Chicago.

A historic decision: Voters will choose between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle to become Chicago’s first African-American female mayor

May 12, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

Chicago voters will make history Tuesday when they head to the polls and pick either former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot or Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to become the...

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Teachers at 5 privately run Chicago schools authorize strikes as contract talks continue

Chicago’s police union is ‘the sworn enemy of black people,’ Rep. Bobby Rush says after protest of Jussie Smollett case

A historic decision: Voters will choose between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle to become Chicago’s first African-American female mayor

Mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot fan out across Chicago in final push for votes

Latinos divididos entre Lightfoot y Preckwinkle

How Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle fights ‘political machine’ narrative on the campaign trail

Lakefront liberals, city workers, African-Americans are shaping the mayoral election. So, what about the Latino vote?

In final TV debate, Lori Lightfoot conjures Ronald Reagan in countering Toni Preckwinkle: ‘There she goes again’

Toni Preckwinkle campaign to air ads against Lori Lightfoot over her handling of fatal house fire case

How Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle reacted to Jussie Smollett’s case dismissal in debate