Special Prosecutor Joseph McMahon joins the Illinois attorney general in reviewing the punishment handed down by Judge Vincent Gaughan.
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Chicago’s Plan Commission unanimously approved Thursday a proposed $6 billion development along the Chicago River dubbed “Lincoln Yards.” The proposal now heads to the City Council.
After decades of inaction by Chicago mayors to remove lead pipes that deliver water to Chicagoans, Cook County Board president and mayoral hopeful Toni Preckwinkle is vowing to change course. On Thursday, the candidate released an environmental platfor...
The University of Chicago Press is proud to announce that it will participate in a program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation designed to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. A four-year, $1,205,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide for three annual cycles of editorial fellows at six university presses: the University of Chicago Press, the MIT Press, Cornell University Press, the Ohio State University Press, University of Washington Press, and Northwestern University Press. This new grant builds on the success of the initial 2016 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which funded the first cross-press initiative of its kind in the United States to address the marked lack of diversity in the academic publishing industry. Graduates of the first fellowship program hold professional positions at university presses across the country, including at Columbia University Press, the MIT Press, University of Virginia Press, the Ohio State University Press, and the University of Washington Press. Additionally, for the four participating presses, the initial grant expanded applicant pools, improved outreach to underrepresented communities, created more equitable preliminary screening practices in hiring, and enabled dedicated attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion overall. The 2016 grant […]
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The annual Museum of Science and Industry program celebrates black art while intertwining the science it’s best known for.
In a quick about-face, Chicago mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza on Thursday said she gave away more than $140,000 in campaign cash she had accepted from embattled Ald. Danny Solis (25th Ward) and business partners of longtime Solis supporter Brian Hyne...
Google purged malicioius apps from the Goole Play store for pushing illegal, spam ads. This episode talks about this and reminds you not to install every cool app and be cautious.
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When the FBI raided allegedly corrupt Ald. Ed Burke’s offices last fall, agents seized documents relating to a longtime supporter of Ald. Danny Solis, who is a government mole.
Records made public Wednesday evening show the feds’ Nov. 29 raid of Burk...
Kwame Raoul won’t say what he thinks of the 81 months for Laquan McDonald’s killer but his office is doing a “careful review” of the case.
The Cook County Board is expected to approve a $24 million settlement Thursday for members of the so-called Englewood Four. The men were wrongly convicted of the 1994 rape and murder of Nina Glover after each of them gave confessions that would later b...
It’s the first Legionnaires’ death under Gov. Pritzker, who repeatedly hit his predecessor for fatal outbreaks at the Quincy veterans’ home.
The mayoral candidate received campaign cash from Danny Solis. He was outed as a mole Wednesday for the feds’ investigation of Ed Burke.
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms and therefore one of the most targeted by hackers. The ease of getting WordPress running is both a blessing and curse as most users don't realize there is still administration and security practices that need to be done. This episode talks about the risks and offers some suggestions to help secure your WordPress installation.
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In schools where school district officials monitored student social media posts, teens were at a lower risk of being shooting victims.
Security workers at Midway Airport are helping each other make it through lean times caused by the partial government shutdown.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and past uses of the census for immigration enforcement have some immigrants fearful of the 2020 census.
Nicholas Bade still plans to head for basic training in the spring to join the U.S. Air Force. The 38-year-old transgender Chicago man said he was sworn into service just last month and remains optimistic about those plans despite a decision by the U.S...
This epsiode is for anyone learning to be a programmer or thinking about pivoting in their career to be a devleoper. To often I have seen people focus on the language but miss out on much larger, important concepts to be a developer. I try to cover the main areas of conceptual knowledge every developer should have.
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