Tag: Chicago

The Chicago Teachers Union seems to be going out of its way to expose each member's individual vote. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Beltway Confidential

Secret ballot? Teachers have to sign name on strike ballots

Jason Russell · September 23, 2016 4:14 pm

The Chicago police department will add nearly 1,000 new officers to the force over the next two years. (AP Image)

Chicago hiring 970 new police officers to fight crime

Anna Giaritelli · September 22, 2016 3:38 am

"Very few cities are projected to see crime rise uniformly this year, and only Chicago will see significant, back-to-back increases in both violent crime and murder," the report says. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Murder rate in cities projected to rise by 13 percent in 2016

Kelly Cohen · September 20, 2016 7:51 pm

A statue of the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute is on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, during a press preview. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Washington Secrets

Quincy Jones: African American Museum will end teen shootings

Paul Bedard · September 16, 2016 2:50 pm

Pushback to the Pushback

The Scrapbook · September 16, 2016 6:15 am

Murderous Chicago

Dennis Byrne · September 16, 2016 6:15 am

Homicides now stand at 512 total for so far in 2016. In all of 2015 there were 491 homicides in the city. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago passes 500 homicides in 2016 after bloody Labor Day weekend

Kelly Cohen · September 6, 2016 5:09 pm

CDC is giving out $2.4 million to some major cities, none of which has seen a Zika outbreak. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Cities get cash to fight Zika

Robert King · September 2, 2016 4:04 pm

The city of Chicago moved Tuesday to fire the five police officers involved in the October 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald. (Chicago Police Department via AP File)

Chicago moves to fire cops involved in Laquan McDonald shooting

Anna Giaritelli · August 30, 2016 11:38 pm

Chicago’s Corrupt Red-Light Camera Official Gets 10 Years

Eric Felten · August 29, 2016 9:15 pm

The letter should hearten those who are genuinely interested in a college education that broadens their minds.(AP Photo/David Mercer)

Chicago U to the crybullies: You can handle the truth

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2016 4:01 am

As of Monday morning, four people had been killed and dozens more wounded during a bloody, violent weekend in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Weekend in Chicago: One person shot every 33 minutes during 14-hour span

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2016 1:59 pm