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the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
For Chicago students, path to a top CPS high school often begins at 4 and is filled with disparities

Students admitted to CPS gifted elementary programs are three times more likely to get into one of Chicago's 11 test-in high schools than kids who go to nonselective neighborhood elementary schools, a WBEZ analysis of data has found.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Chicago City Council considers $7.6 million settlement for man who spent 16 years in prison for murder before key witness recanted

John Velez was just 17 when he was found guilty of killing Anthony Hueneca in March 2001. Velez served 16 years in prison before the conviction was vacated after a witness’s admission that he hadn’t actually seen the shooting happen.

News
  • by david hall
NYPD officer convicted of repeatedly punching man in face in Greenwich Village

The now retired officer could spend a year in prison.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Ahead of DNC, city officials to close, cordon off one of Chicago's largest, most visible homeless camps

Federal officials haven't asked that the "tent city" next to the Dan Ryan Expressway be cleared, but a top mayoral aide says she doesn't want to wait and then scramble.