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Looking at Leonard Goodman, you might not have a notion that he’s a member of an elite Chicago family. He could live a lavish life without working a single day. Instead, he has built a successful practice representing many defendants the justice system left behind. For nearly 20 years he has managed The Len...
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New garbage stations will save the 2nd Ward thousands of dollars a year after installation, said Richard Kennelly, vice president of marketing for BigBelly Solar, the company which provided the new trash stations. The city finished installing about 336 new trash containers in the downtown area that replaced the older trash cans, said Kennelly....
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Chicago Detours shares a tour of Decorators Supply, an artisan manufacturer of elegant architectural supplies. Located in a visually striking factory in Chicago’s Bridgeport Neighborhood, Decorators Supply continues in centuries-old traditions of craftsmanship. You can see and sign up for upcoming tours of the indoor loop and more. From cornices to philasters, these...
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Ivan Lo, a humanitarian photographer, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007. Just two months ago, he was back in Afghanistan with a cane under his arm, popping medication in order to continue taking pictures. Ivan was just 23 when he was diagnosed with Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia after returning from a trip to Afghanistan, where...
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Walking down 47th Street in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, there’s an old meatpacking factory behind a Mexican supermarket and a Marshalls retail store. On top of the building in capital letters is the word “bEER.” It’s the old Peer Foods factory except someone has turned the “P” upside down. The building looked...
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Inna Zaborenko knew she had to get her family out of Ukraine. The married mother of two lived in Kiev, a city just over 90 miles away from the epicenter of the Chernobyl disaster. An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986 released a large amount of radioactive material into the...
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Felicia Simpson said she was 24 when a boyfriend threw a beer bottle at her and broke her nose. The relationship started as a typical love story, said Simpson. They had grown up only one block away from each other. When she first saw Juan, she was instantly attracted to him. She flirted. They...
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SPRINGFIELD – Several state lawmakers say they didn’t know a law they passed after the Northern Illinois University shootings isn’t being enforced – and some vow to tighten the statute when legislators return to Springfield early next year. A three-month investigation by ChicagoTalks found that a fraction of Cook County’s 63 higher education institutions...
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Just a handful of the 63 higher education institutions in Cook County appear to be following a law that requires all Illinois colleges and universities to adopt safety policies and procedures meant to keep students safe. The Illinois Campus Security Enhancement Act, approved unanimously by the Illinois General Assembly just weeks after the Northern...
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While state officials insist they can’t enforce a 2008 law enacted to keep college students safe, they say the one-person office charged with helping schools comply with the statute plays a vital role. Passed in the wake of deadly shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech, the Illinois Campus Security Enhancement Act requires...
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