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September 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One of Lil Mouse’s managers, Dough From Da Go, insists that ‘Get Smoked’ is just one song…
September 14, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon…
September 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When most 13 year olds are getting ready to begin eigth grade this fall, Lil Mouse is…
September 14, 2012
CHICAGO - Leroy Hanes was able to leave Chicago's Advocate Christ Medical Center Thursday without his own heart. Thanks to…
September 14, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the…
September 13, 2012
CHICAGO - As the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike enters its fourth day, the nearly 400,000 students, and their parents, have…
September 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chicago Teachers’ Union president Karen Lewis and school board president David Vitale showed optimistic signs that an…
September 12, 2012
CHICAGO - The hit-and-run death of a corrections officer two months ago has spurred officials to make changes to the…
September 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Talks ended Tuesday evening with no agreement reached between the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) and the Chicago…
September 11, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - The president of the Chicago Teachers Union says teachers and the school district are still far apart…
September 11, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - A strike by thousands of teachers in Chicago headed into its second day Tuesday, creating a political…
September 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday said Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of…
September 10, 2012
CHICAGO - For the first time in 25 years, teachers in the country's third-largest public school system hit the picket…
September 9, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he expects his congressman son to take his time in getting back…
September 8, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at…
September 7, 2012
OPINION - In the span of two weeks Chicago-based rapper Chief Keef has been demonized by a variety of media…
September 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is stepping down from his role as a national co-chair of President Barack…
August 28, 2012
CHICAGO - After a particularly violent weekend in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a message for anyone involved in the…
August 24, 2012
CHICAGO - Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson plans to debut her collection, to be sold on QVC, Sept. 6 during Fashion's…
August 24, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say 13 people were shot and wounded in a 30-minute spate of violence in Chicago, including…