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Fresh on the runoff trail, Johnson vows to provide ‘what the families want’ — not rival’s ‘failed politics of old’

The mayoral candidate said he wants to ensure that “our schools are fully supported and funded,” and Chicagoans have “reliable transportation, good-paying jobs, affordable housing” and can own their own homes.

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Former prosecutor Bill Conway wins aldermanic race in newly drawn Fulton Market, West Loop ward

Across the city’s West Side, freshmen and longtime City Council members awaited results an hour and half after polls closed.

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Prayers up with election countdown: Chicago mayoral candidates canvass churches in final push — and warn of ‘false prophets’

Nine candidates for mayor made some of their final pitches, trying to get souls to the polls across the city with two days to go before the balloting ends.

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Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the last week

Campaign efforts, protests and more highlight our photographers’ best photos from the last week.

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Kennedy-King College gets African American cookbooks

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated more than 1,700 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

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Chicago groups scramble to find housing for newly arrived immigrants 6 months after busing began

Community groups and volunteers are stepping up to assist — and sometimes take into their homes — new immigrants seeking refuge around the Chicago area as shelters fill up and temporary housing spaces, including shuttered schools, spark controversy.

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‘He was always somebody you should be around.’ Classmates remember 13-year-old boy shot and killed along with 1-year-old girl and her 19-year-old father

William Smith, an eighth-grader at the Montessori School of Englewood, was shot and killed Sunday night while traveling in a car in the northbound lanes of I-57 near 111th Street. A-mara Hall, 1, and her father Nasir Hall, 19, also died in the attack.

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Picture Chicago: Check out 14 must-see photos from the last week in news

Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Chicago for the Feb. 28 election, the country’s first major auto show of the year kicked off at McCormick Place, and more from Sun-Times photographers’ best recent photos.

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Pollution, public safety drive ward races in Southeast Side’s 10th, Southwest Side’s 12th

In the 10th, Yessenia Carreón, Peter Chico, Ana Guajardo, Óscar Sanchez and Jessica Venegas are running to succeed Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza. And in the 12th, newly appointed Ald. Anabel Abarca is challenged by Julia Ramirez.

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Brewpub, daycare — along with new housing — among proposals to transform vacant lots on West, South sides

The city is seeking input until the end of February on the potential transit-oriented developments in East Garfield Park and Woodlawn near the CTA’s Green Line.

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After indictment of Oak Lawn cop, civil rights group presses for charges against two other cops in beating of 17-year-old suspect

“This is a crisis in the culture of policing that’s happening in this country,” said Muhammad Sankari with the Arab American Action Network.

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Bears close deal for Arlington Heights site, Lightfoot targets Johnson and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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City’s first Black-owned, independent weed shop opens in Logan Square

The Grasshopper Club is a family business run by Mount Carmel graduate Matthew Brewer, his brother, Chuck, and their mother, Dianne.

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Open City Council seats in two Northwest Side wards spark call for open minds addressing crime

Ald. Roberto Maldonado’s decision earlier this year not to seek reelection in the 26th Ward and Ald. Ariel Reboyras’s announcement in the 30th last year prompted a push for new ideas to address crime and other issues in the Northwest Side wards.

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Incumbent City Council members in 25th, 29th wards challenged over records on public safety

Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) and Chris Taliaferro (29th) aren’t keeping their constituents safe, their challengers say. The data tell a more complex story.

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Chicago football fans thrilled to see historic Super Bowl duel between two Black QBs. ‘It’s amazing.’

Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes make history. For decades, white owners and coaches assumed Black players couldn’t grasp the technicalities of the position.

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Chicago Auto Show returns to pre-COVID size, offering EVs, hybrids — and puppies

Twenty-seven manufacturers are showing off their latest vehicles through next Monday. There’s also a record-setting seven test tracks, and lots of entertainment for non-car enthusiasts.

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Chicago Black Restaurant Week: Steeped in history, the event is ever-evolving

This year, dozens of restaurants are taking part in the two-week event running Feb. 12-26, with cuisines spanning from traditional soul to vegan to Cajun to Jamaican to much more.

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Picture Chicago: Must-see photos from the last couple weeks in the city

Chicago mayoral candidates campaign, kids try out for the Jesse White Tumblers and more in our best photos of the last few weeks.

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POLL: Chicagoans want more help for newly arrived immigrants — despite controversy over South Side shelter

A majority of Chicago voters think local government should provide more assistance to the hundreds of recently arrived immigrants, according to a Sun-Times/WBEZ/Telemundo Chicago/NBC5 poll.

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Six months with a Chicago shooting survivor: Fear, pain and frustration with police

He wants to help catch the person who shot him. First, he has to get police to work with him — then he has to pick the right guy.

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City and community seek new life for historic former industrial park

The Central Manufacturing District has been largely uninhabited in recent decades, leaving many of these important buildings unused — and unprotected.

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Chicago Tool Library opens new location, in West Side warehouse

The library’s collection includes a range of items, from home improvement tools to projectors, all available for Chicago residents to borrow. It’s open three days a week.

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10-acre youth sports complex, community center opens on West Side: ‘It’ll be valuable to have kids from all different neighborhoods under one roof’

The new North Austin Center includes Chicago’s largest turf field, 15 fields and courts for year-round camps, leagues and tournaments, plus an eSports lab — all designed to close the opportunity gap in youth sports.

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Chinatown Lunar New Year parade draws thousands of revelers: ‘It’s nice to see everyone celebrating’

Colorful dragons, red lanterns, splashes of gold welcome in the Year of the Rabbit as crowds fill streets, sidewalks in peace in the shadow of recent attacks in California.

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