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Extra Extra: Emanuel Wants To Make Peace With Karen Lewis

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 10, 2013 11:00PM

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  • On the one-year anniversary of the first teachers strike in Chicago in a quarter century, Mayor Emanuel offered to make peace with Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis and vowed another strike would never happen. [Sun-Times]
  • CTA, under pressure from Mayor Emanuel, agreed to provide bus service to a new Wal-Mart in Pullman in time for the store's Wednesday opening. [Sun-Times]
  • One person was killed when a propane tank outside a Lowell, Ind. home exploded, destroying the home and damaging a second. [NBC Chicago]
  • The Boss Bar downtown was shut down after a Health Department inspection revealed cockroach and fly infestations, among other violations. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • The corruption trial of former Todd Stroger aide and best friend Eugene Mullins began today. [ABC Chicago]