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Mitch Smith

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World
9 Aug 2024
CHICAGO — Sen. Elizabeth Warren waded into the crowd outside a Chicago elementary school on Tuesday morning, offering hugs and handshakes and words of support for more than 20,000 teachers whose strike had canceled classes for four days in the country’s third-largest school district.
National Democrats Signal Support as Chicago Teachers' Strike Stretches On
World
9 Aug 2024
CHICAGO — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined picketing teachers in Chicago on Tuesday, as classes in the city school system, the country’s third-largest, were canceled for a fourth day.
Elizabeth Warren Joins Chicago Teachers as Strike Continues
World
7 Aug 2024
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — Lou Anna K. Simon, the former Michigan State University president charged with lying about her knowledge of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, will be paid more than $2.4 million as part of a retirement deal announced Tuesday evening by the university.
World
6 Aug 2024
CHICAGO — After Rahm Emanuel announced he would not seek another term as Chicago’s mayor, the field of would-be replacements seemed to grow by the day. Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who had never held elective office, often seemed an afterthought in a mounting list of prominent names — a member of the Daley political dynasty, the head of the county’s Democratic Party, a former leader of Chicago’s public school system.
Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's Incoming Mayor, Ran on Outsider Appeal
World
6 Aug 2024
CHICAGO — After Rahm Emanuel announced he would not seek another term as Chicago’s mayor, the field of would-be replacements seemed to grow by the day. Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who had never held elective office, often seemed an afterthought in a mounting list of prominent names — a member of the Daley political dynasty, the head of the county’s Democratic Party, a former leader of Chicago’s public school system.