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May, 2013
For many Chicago residents, gun control is a personal issue. Gun violence, or the threat of it, pervades everyday life. As the debate over how to curb gun violence takes center stage at the national level and the Illinois statehouse, Chicago finds itself at the center of attention. The city has become a leading example of gun violence in urban America and the testing ground for expansive gun-...
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May, 2013
For many Chicago residents, gun control is a personal issue. Gun violence, or the threat of it, pervades everyday life. As the debate over how to curb gun violence takes center stage at the national level and the Illinois statehouse, Chicago finds itself at the center of attention. The city has become a leading example of gun violence in urban America and the testing ground for expansive gun...
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April, 2013
She could tell by the way the phone rang.“I was at work. I was actually in a meeting. Something about the way the phone rang. … I said, ‘Let me get this phone call,’” Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton recalled.She picked up the phone. What would follow was a story that became known across the nation. The call was from a friend of her daughter, Hadiya. “She was screaming and crying—and the squeals and...
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April, 2013
The debate over how to stop the bloodshed in Chicago headed south in March as Illinois lawmakers took up a bill that would put more people with guns behind bars—for longer time.There is a logic behind HB 2265, which was introduced by state Rep. Michael Zalewski, a Democrat from west suburban Riverside. The argument: that felons, gang members and just about anyone convicted of carrying a loaded...
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March, 2013
Estando parado cerca de una esquina de la Calle Adams justo al lado de la Avenida Cícero, nunca te imaginarías que es una de las más costosas cuadras de la ciudad. La calle está repleta de envejecidos edificios de ladrillo. Un puñado están sellados con madera; algunos han estado así durante años. Otros fueron demolidos, dejando lotes baldíos para la gente que ya ha llevado sus sillas de jardín,...
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March, 2013
En agosto, el Representante estatal Dennis Reboletti, un Republicano del suburbio Elmhurst al oeste, emitió una severa advertencia: “Estamos poniendo a los traficantes [de drogas] de incluso pequeñas cantidades sobre aviso: Irán a prisión”.Reboletti, un ex fiscal de narcóticos, había estado presionando a sus colegas de la Asamblea General de Illinois para que lo ayudaran a reducir la velocidad en...
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March, 2013
Incarceration costs in Illinois are through the roof. Our partner NBC5 Investigates took a closer look at the blocks where most inmates hail from. The story was a follow-up to the Reporter's March/April investigation, "Cell Blocks," while details how taxpayers statewide are spending billions to incarcerate Chicagoans who hail from a small fraction of the city’s blocks. View more videos at: http...
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March, 2013
Standing near a corner of Adams Street just off Cicero Avenue, you’d never guess it’s one of the priciest blocks in the city. The street is jammed with aging brick buildings. A handful are boarded up; some have been that way for years. Others were torn down, leaving vacant lots to people who have hauled in lawn chairs, turning them into public spaces.“This block doesn’t seem different than any...
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March, 2013
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