Extra Extra: Emanuel Defends Reappointing City IG

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 4, 2013 11:00PM

Some things don't change in Jefferson Park. (Photo credit: Chuck Sudo/Chicagoist)

• Mayor Emanuel said he and City Inspector General Joseph Ferguson "share the same vision" on Ferguson's reappointment as IG and planned exit next year. [Sun-Times]
• Midway airport will receive speedier security screening by year's end. [Tribune]
• Chicago's harbors are only 76 percent full. First World Problems, y'all. [Sun-Times]
• Jon Hilkevitch digs into why 29th Street isn’t a through street. The results may surprise and aren’t entirely conclusive. [Tribune, via Orlando Sentinel]
• Police say gun-filled rap videos promote violence on Chicago’s streets. [DNAInfo Chicago]
• The Bears restructure Julius Peppers' contract again. [Tribune]

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