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* NEW: WTTW posts all of Obama’s Chicago Tonight appearances online

* O’Hare flights hit 15-year low

* Airport numbers reflect economy, flight cutbacks

* Traffic drops at Chicago airports

* Mystery PCB surfaces in Chicago, baffling researchers

More than three decades after highly toxic PCBs were banned in the United States, an unusual PCB compound has turned up in the air outside several Chicago schools.

* Illinois base among finalists for Cyber Command center

Air Force officials have released a list of six bases, including one in Illinois (Scott Air Force Base, Ill.),
that are finalists to house the new Cyberspace Command.

* Streator officials learn of possible wind farm windfall

* Amtrak off to record start in FY 2009

* Illinois Reform Commission to meet in Chicago

* Todd Stroger opening his campaign books

Two years after winning election, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger finally is giving voters what his campaign says is a detailed accounting of what he raised and spent.

Campaign finance reports filed with the state show Stroger failed to report $733,000 in political donations—about a quarter of what he’s collected since October 2006. He also got far more help from his father than he had disclosed and has $520,000 in investments not previously listed.

* Alderman Claims DUI Arrest Was a Misunderstanding

A West Side alderman is denying allegations that she was driving drunk Tuesday night. Sharon Dixon was arrested after a confrontation with police in which they smelled alcohol on her breath. Craig Wall reports from the West Side with the alderman’s explanation.

* Chicago Alderman Arrested, Charged With DUI

* Chicago Ald. Sharon Denise Dixon denies driving drunk

* Law firm city vowed to fire still getting business a year later

A clout-heavy law firm paid $38.1 million to collect overdue Chicago parking tickets and other debt is still rolling in city business — one year after it was supposed to be fired for bankrolling an Arizona trip for a high-ranking Revenue Department official.

* Mell on `dibs’ : Knock it off!

* Latino Civil Rights Group Fights to Keep Desegregation Order on the Books

A hearing begins today to determine whether Chicago’s 29-year-old school desegregation case should be thrown out. The consent decree orders Chicago Public Schools to create as many integrated schools as possible. A lesser-known provision also spells out services the district must provide to students who don’t speak English proficiently. That’s the main reason some are fighting to keep the decree in place.

One of the groups that’s pushing hardest to keep the consent decree around is the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a Latino civil rights organization.

* Suburbs nabbing city cops to run police departments

* Tri-Cities area election filings

posted by Mike Murray
Thursday, Jan 22, 09 @ 7:33 am

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  1. If Mell is the Snowman of the 33rd ward (according to the email addy in the letter), who are Smokey and the Bandit?

    Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, Jan 22, 09 @ 9:25 am

  2. Chicago Police officers becoming suburban police chiefs is a very interesting article.

    Comment by Levois Thursday, Jan 22, 09 @ 11:35 am

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