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Extra Extra: Cook County Passes Puppy Mill Law

By Jon Graef in News on Apr 12, 2014 9:15PM

  • Cook County passes its puppy mill law. [NBC Chicago]
  • Logan Square store a ‘criminal gauntlet,’ receiving lots of negative attention from alderman and residents and they hired gang members to watch the store. Very strange situation. [DNAinfo].
  • Nathson Fields, a one-time high-ranking gang member, said the newly discovered ‘street files’ in his case offer key evidence he hopes will convince a federal jury that he was deliberately set up several Chicago cops and a former Cook County prosecutor. [Sun-Times]
  • Mayor Emanuel ruled out a city income tax to help fund Chicago’s public pension obligations. [Trib]
  • Here’s the latest from map-happy Thrillist: a map of restaurants off the “L.” [Thrillist]

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