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Extra Extra: The Story of Linda Taylor, Chicago's 'Welfare Queen'

By Jon Graef in News on Dec 21, 2013 9:45PM

  • Slate has a must-read about the history of Chicago's infamous so-called "welfare queen' Linda Taylor. [Slate]
  • Parents who lost children to gun violence gathered at South Side St. Sabina to mourn. [CBS Chicago]
  • The BGA's counts down their top 10 investigations of 2013. [BGA]
  • Chicago is the sixth-most lesbian friendly city in America. [Autostraddle]
  • The cast and crew of MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” is unwelcome in suburban Tinley Park. [Trib]

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