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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Syd Stone

Metro Reporting Intern
Gov. J.B. Pritzker meeting with the Sun-Times Editorial Board.
Education
Pritzker signs bill raising minimum teacher salary to $40,000
The legislation promises to address Illinois’ “dire” teacher shortage.
By Syd Stone
 
Majid Mustafa
Chicago
Man rejected twice from CPD academy may finally be able to join the force
Because the state law preventing Majid Mustafa from rejoining the police academy has been amended to give trainees a second chance, his attorney and the city have decided to wait to hear his case until the amendment takes effect.
By Syd Stone
 
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Chicago
Pilot Jessy Panzer used to fear flying but now has a knack for aerobatics
Panzer is set to be 1 of only 2 women flying in the Air and Water Show this weekend.
By Syd Stone
 
Student Michael Harris (front cockpit) and Team Oracle pilot Sean Tucker at the Gary Jet Center.
News
CPS student flies for first time — and it’s with an aerobatics pilot
Michael Harris, 14, went along for the ride with world-renowned pilot Sean Tucker just days before the 61st Chicago Air and Water Show.
By Syd Stone
 
Lime scooters
Transportation
Lime scooters now a transportation option in Google Maps
Android users can see the electric scooters on Google Maps apps. IPhone users will have to wait until later this month.
By Syd Stone
 
Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of the Field Museum in 2013
Entertainment and Culture
Field Museum CEO Richard Lariviere to retire in 2020
The search for a successor will begin this fall.
By Syd Stone
 
Sharlyn Grace, the executive director of the Chicago Community Bond Fund, speaks at a Monday press conference on bon reform and gun violence.
Politics
Community activists: Take down the Gun Offender Dashboard
The database is “inaccurate,” generates “false narrative” that people released on bond are responsible for Chicago’s gun violence, critics said.
By Syd Stone
 
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Education
Engineering camp for CPS students teaches problem solving, leadership
Teachers and student mentors lead the three-day camp for middle schoolers.
By Syd Stone
 
Marc Lestinsky speaks sitting next to Northwestern cardiologist Dr. Esther Vorovich with his parents and twin brother behind him.
News
‘Icing on the cake’ — Bucktown man receives heart transplant on 45th birthday
Marc Lestinsky was diagnosed with heart failure in 2014 as a long-term side effect of chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he had as a child.
By Syd Stone