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Sweeping changes for nursing homes
Tribune staff reportersAfter years of frustration, authorities and advocates believed this spring represented their last and best opportunity to reform Illinois' troubled nursing homes. Still, it took tense negotiations and an 11th-hour deal to strike a historic bill that aims...Tags: State Budgets, Substance Abuse, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Illinois
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Inspection was no surprise to nursing home
State authorities are investigating whether a city Department of Family and Support Services official tipped off a Chicago nursing home to a surprise inspection led by the state attorney general's office that was designed to protect vulnerable residents...Tags: Nursing, Trials, Long Term Care, Drug Trafficking, Government
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A different drummer
Tribune reporterA few months after arriving from Sierra Leone, Alie Kabba learned the dynamics of Chicago immigrant life when he found a pickup soccer game near his Rogers Park apartment. All of the players were Mexicans. "I didn't have enough for my own team," he...Tags: Sierra Leone, Bronzeville, Politics, Heavy Engineering, Illegal Immigrants
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Sighting: 'The Office' actor Craig Robinson at Taste of Chicago
About Last NightCraig Robinson arrives at the premiere Of Universal Studios Hollywood's "King Kong 360 3-D" attraction in Universal City, California. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images, June 29, 2010) Craig Robinson, who plays Darryl on "The Office" and hosts the latest... -
Daley says 100 more officers needed, but no money
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 12:41 p.m. The city needs to hire 100 more police officers, Mayor Richard Daley said today, but should not fund their salaries from a tax program reserved for promoting economic development."You have to hire a...... -
2010 Chicagoland farmers markets
Once again area residents can find the fruits of the Midwest in farmers markets throughout the city and suburbs. Most are opening this month.
Farmers and vendors from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan will bring produce, baked goods, cheese,...Tags: Wisconsin, Hyde Park, Transportation, Music Theater, Farms
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A failure to protect
Tribune reportersBackground checks designed to identify dangerous new residents of Illinois nursing homes often fall short by missing ex-convicts' violent crimes and downplaying the risks they pose to others, the Tribune has found. Some of these offenders went on to...Tags: Nursing, Long Term Care, Game Shows, Politics, Prisons
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Tracy Letts, after the dog days of 'August: Osage County'
Chicago TribuneJones is drama critic of the Chicago Tribune. CHICAGO -- When playwright Tracy Letts walked into New York rehearsals for the touring production of his "August: Osage County" earlier this summer, he did not find the fellow Steppenwolf Theatre Company...Tags: Music Theater, Chicago Tribune, Mass Media, Tony Awards, David Mamet
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Uptown enjoying an upswing
Special to the Chicago TribuneThere was a time, in its Roaring '20s heyday, when Uptown lived up to its name in more than one way. Yes, it stood higher than the Loop on the Chicago city map, but it also represented a glamorous step up from much of the rest of the Windy City. In his...Tags: Entertainment, Glenn Miller, Marshall Field, Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals
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Deporting mother inflames emotions
The lightning-swift deportation of Elvira Arellano triggered an equally sharp debate Monday about whether her dramatic battle to stay in the U.S. will help or hurt attempts to liberalize immigration laws. The undocumented Chicago resident was arrested...Tags: International Law, Washington, DC, O'Hare International Airport, Illegal Immigrants, Luis Gutierrez
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