CHICAGO SCHOOL CLOSINGS WORRY POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
By DON BABWIN In this Aug. 6, 2013 photo, satellite classrooms at the vacant Guggenheim Elementary School building show disrepair and vandalism in Chicago. In the year since Guggenheim School…
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JEB BUSH BACKS NEW SCHOOL STANDARDS, CHOICES
By DAVID A. LIEB Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards…
DALEY MAKES CANDIDACY FOR ILL. GOVERNOR OFFICIAL
By SOPHIA TAREEN FILE – In this June 17, 2013 file photo, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Daley is making…
BOMBING PROBE HIGHLIGHTS EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE
By DAVID CRARY In this Monday, April 15, 2013, photo, spectators make pictures with camera phones during the Boston Marathon in Boston, before two bombs exploded at the finish line…
VOTERS TO CHOOSE JACKSON JR.’S HO– USE SUCCESSOR
By SOPHIA TAREEN FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District seat, once…
IN A CHICAGO SUBURB, AN INDOOR FARM GOES ‘MEGA’
By MARTHA IRVINE Jolanta Hardej, CEO of FarmedHere LLC, examines a young basil crop at the indoor vertical farm in Bedford Park, Ill., on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The farm,…
PANERA TRYING NEW PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT EXPERIMENT
FILE – In this May, 2002 file photo Panera Bread Co. CEO Ron Shaich stands behind a counter in a St. Louis cafe. Three years after launching its pioneering pay…
CHICAGO DEMOCRAT CONVICTED OF TAX CHARGES
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this March 2, 2012 file photo, Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, left, speaks to reporters, as his attorney Sam Adam Jr. listens, after Beavers’…