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The jury remains out, and observers are starting to get antsy, jumping when the jurors ask a question. Here’s a theory as to why they’re taking so long: the jury has to deal with the interpretation of a statute that’s currently vexing legal scholars.

The Sun-Times is reporting that, for the second year in a row, various CPS bureaucrats will see substantial raises over their predecessors’ salaries. It makes no sense… and perfect sense.

Grid Chicago reports on sustainable transportation in the city; The Steppes of Chicago takes an on-the-streets look at Chicago architecture.

The cost of wrongful incarceration and the city’s immense legal-settlement costs; Chicago’s new gun law seems as ineffectual as the gun ban that preceded it; a Sun-Times reporter gets caught in the line of fire and returns to figure out why; and more

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that children on Medicare and SCHIP face longer waits and more rejections for medical care.

The Board of Education rejected Chicago teachers’ “automatic” four-percent raise, portending a showdown between the Chicago Teachers Union and the mayor, or at least more tension. Setting aside whether teachers are “overpaid” or “underpaid,” let’s take a look at how they’ve been historically paid.