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Chicago Firearms Rules and Regulations

CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF POLICE RULES AND REGULATIONS FIREARMS- CHAPTER 8-20 These rules shall be effective on July 12, 2010. As amended February 21,2012 The Superintendent, pursuant to Chapter 8-20 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, hereby promulgates the following the Rules and Regulations. Link

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Teacher ratings overhaul forges on despite lack of union approval

BY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter March 30, 2012 2:38AM Talks on a dramatic overhaul of the way Chicago public school teachers are evaluated ended Thursday with district officials forging forward without teacher union approval on a plan that would tie the ratings of thousands of teachers in part to student …

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Rahm To Propose $7 Billion Plan — To Create 30,000 Jobs

By JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: March 29, 2012 Chicago is embarking on a $7 billion plan to transform the city’s infrastructure from the skies above to the pipes underground. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former President Bill Clinton announced this month that part of a new plan to overhaul the city’s infrastructure …

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Chicago Home Prices Hit Lowest Level In 11 Years

By Gary Lucido, today at 8:59 am It was all but certain that today’s release of the January Case Shiller home price index for Chicago was going to show continued declines and hit a new record low. And now that we have the numbers we can see just how bad …

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