Last week, jilted applicants held a demonstration outside the Cook County Building to raise concerns about the grading process and call for a formal investigation into Degnen’s pot-related ties. A spokesman for Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle rebuffed the calls for a probe.
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the problems and costs of the Chicago Bears’ proposed new stadium, why its unlikely to happen in its current form, why the ongoing wave of violent crimes makes residents scared of the city, and why the funeral of slain police officer Luis Huesca matters to Mayor Johnson’s reputation.
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It’s beyond belief that a supposedly reputable journalism school could have Thrasher or any proponent of advocacy journalism among its faculty.
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well she certainly looks like a disadvantage minority that probably suffered from war on drug.
Insiders always deal to insiders. If you want pot legalized, give anyone who can afford it a license like selling alcohol and let the free market decide winners a losers not inside politics