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The Wisconsin state worker’s union estimates that some 22,000 public employees are taking home 13 percent less pay since the law has taken effect. As it was written, public safety workers like police officers were supposed to be exempt. But now, police and firefighters are finding, they, too, are facing increased pension and health care costs.

Through still life images both lush and disorienting, photographer Laura Letinsky explores her own love-hate relationship with images of domestic perfection.

This long-time fan could not have been the only one in the sold-out crowd worried Mangum wouldn't sound as impressive or as awe-inspiring as he did in the '90s. But thankfully, the worries were unfounded.
Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest and prominent social activist who has clashed with the archbishop of Chicago, will have a co-pastor helping lead his church under changes announced by the archdiocese.
The Chicago Auto Show opens this week and among the vehicles to debut are new police cars made locally. Ford is showing off two models of police "Interceptors" manufactured at Chicago's Southeast Side plant.
In Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, which had its world premiere at American Theater Company last month, every imaginable prejudice gets laid on the dinner table.
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And now, a parody mash-up, brought to you by filmmaker Steve Delahoyde and Second City's Holly Laurent.
The Broadway star and movie actress have been cast in the second season of the Chicago-based TV show.


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