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Former Gov. Jim Edgar (left) is seeking permission from Gov. Bruce Rauner to help unpaid state vendors — and make money doing it. | Seth Perlman/AP File Photo

WATCHDOGS: Ex-Gov. Jim Edgar aims to cash in on state’s cash woes

Ex-Gov. Jim Edgar, who’s criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner for failing to pass a state budget, now is looking to profit from the state’s financial crisis.

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Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel dead at 87

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, Chicago Public Schools Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson and CPS CEO Forrest Claypool were all smiles Thursday after a state budget deal benefiting CPS was reached. | Rich Hein / Sun-Times

What the budget fix really means for Chicago’s schools

If an Illinois pension-parity bill hadn’t been tied to passing pension reform, it would have been viewed as a bailout of the Chicago Public Schools.

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People help an unidentified injured person after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka pm Friday. | AP photo

Hostage crisis leaves 28 dead in Bangladesh diplomatic zone

The head of the elite anti-crime force, Rapid Action Battalion told reporters Friday that they were working to save the lives of the people inside.

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Attorney Bill Farley, dead at 66, helped keep the peace at Yale

William H. “Bill” Farley Jr., a Chicago lawyer who was a Rhodes scholar and had a key role in a pivotal moment in Yale history, has died at 66.

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Craig Stebic puts Plainfield house on market

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The police in Burnham have been called to Will's Sports Bar more than 800 times in six years. | Casey Toner / BGA

Chief: Bar tied to suburban pol ‘dangerous for police officers’

Since it opened in 2010, a bar in Burnham owned by the wife of a former politician in Calumet City has drawn more than 800 police calls.

By Casey Toner | Better Government Association

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