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Developers propose $1 billion to help LaSalle Street, city to sell off 2,000 vacant lots and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Sawyer to stay on ballot after Wilson ally drops petition challenge

Former state Sen. Rickey Hendon withdrew his objection to Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s petition signatures at Willie Wilson’s request a day after a heated hearing at the election board offices.

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Developers propose $1 billion in work to help La Salle Street

The proposals, mostly for housing and offered with the hope of snagging city subsidies, respond to the city’s call for ideas to rejuvenate Chicago’s longtime financial district, now plagued by vacancies.

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South, West side residents gear up for city sale of vacant lots

More than 2,000 city-owned lots will go on sale next year; the new incarnation of an old program is getting mixed reviews from residents.

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How Southwest Airlines ground to a halt, leaving more passengers stranded than other big carriers

Analysts say Southwest’s point-to-point flight system, antiquated technology, go-it-alone ticketing and overworked employees led to massive holiday breakdown.

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Battle over Sawyer’s campaign signatures from Wilson ally Hendon gets testy during hearing

Willie Wilson adviser and former state Sen. Rickey Hendon alleged that 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer didn’t have enough valid signatures to remain on the upcoming mayoral ballot.

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Rainbow PUSH to boost tech education

Leaders from the civil rights organization’s educational arm — PUSH for Excellence — announced a plan to emphasize technology education as they unveiled the agenda for an upcoming scholarship celebration.

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Weary travelers still dealing with canceled flights, missing luggage Tuesday

As of 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, 251 flights had been canceled at Midway, 77 at O’Hare.

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Arrest reports rife with false information hurt cops, community

There should be room for officers who make honest mistakes. But deliberately falsifying reports, and other more serious lies, shouldn’t be tolerated.

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Too many people are dying from opioid overdoses. Prevention sites would save lives.

Illinois are on track for another record-breaking year of opioid overdose deaths, most of which occur on Chicago’s West Side. Prevention sites, commonly known as ‘safe injection sites,’ keep people alive and connect them to drug abuse treatment.

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Families kick off Kwanzaa with children's museum celebration

The Bronzeville Children’s Museum celebrates the start of the seven-day holiday commemorating African American culture by studying the seven principles. First; unity.

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After-Christmas shopping deals downtown underwhelm: ‘It didn’t used to be so quiet’

“It feels very different. It’s not like it used to be,” said Jezenia Sanchez at Water Tower Place. But at Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, things were popping.

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Humboldt Park getting 24 new homes — all built in West Side warehouse

The builder, Inherent LC3, installed the first home in August and is weeks away from delivering the second and third. The single-family houses are all going up near Laura S. Ward Elementary School.

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Frustration and baggage mount at Midway in post-Christmas Southwest Airlines chaos

Hundreds of flight cancellations and delays along with rerouted passengers make for an unhappy day at the airport for weary travelers.

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The Glasner Studio, a true Chicago gem

“It’s beautifully intact,” said Tim Samuelson, Chicago Cultural Historian emeritus. Edgar Miller “worked on it over a long period of time, so it’s like a museum of his development.”

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Legal dispute keeps Chicago treasure off limits to art lovers

At issue is an Old Town condominium known as the Glasner Studio, once a party house for industrialist Rudolph Glasner. From 1928 to 1932, it was a colony where artists would stay in exchange for working to rehab the building.

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A $730 million ‘fiscal cliff’ threatens to derail regional transit, and the public can help find solutions

Public transportation is a vital resource for the region, linking millions of riders to jobs, schools, entertainment and more. The RTA is weighing options for future funding and is taking public input through Jan. 9.

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‘Unexpected Christmas’: Weather delays leave travelers stranded in Chicago

Hundreds of flights and trains were canceled or delayed through the holiday weekend due to inclement weather. At Union Station, a student group takes the wait in stride.

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Cardinal Blase Cupich reminds inmates at Cook County Jail that they are not forgotten

The cardinal celebrates Christmas Day Mass at the lockup with a message of hope, “We should never allow our lives to be reduced or have anybody reduce our life to the mistakes we make,” he says.

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Temperatures rise — barely — after Chicago’s coldest December day in nearly 40 years

Temperatures climbed to 1 degree early Saturday after a brutal 29 consecutive hours below zero, and eventually hit 14 at O’Hare Airport by mid-afternoon.

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How a brush with death reminded me to stop and enjoy it all

MARK BROWN: I don’t remember a lot about the night I almost died in a hospital bed, except for desperately wanting one more chance to tell my wife and kids that I loved them, but not wanting to unduly alarm them by waking them.

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Rebekah Gardner is getting back to her outside shot after a rookie season playing inside

She currently leads Spar CityLift Girona in scoring, averaging 15.4 points per game to go with 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals. In 11 games, she’s shooting 45% from three-point range and 58% from the field overall.

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Polling Place: What grades do Cubs, White Sox get for Swanson, Benintendi signings?

Wait, grades before they’ve even taken the field for their new teams? It’s good, clean fun in the bar-room or water-cooler debate spirit.

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Bet on it: Go West, young Sam, then head East

A betting prodigy who attended Mount Carmel, Panayotovich took his impressive skills to Vegas and now plies his trade in Boston.

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Making our neighborhoods and city better, one step at a time

The orange tents provided for the homeless are an example of small-scale efforts that can — we hope — help lead to big change.

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