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    The government of the City of Chicago, Illinois, United States is divided into executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive...
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    The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible...
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    Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census...
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  • Throughout the history of Chicago, there have been many nicknames for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames...
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  • The University of Chicago Undergraduate Student Government is the representative student government at The University of Chicago for undergraduate students...
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    The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50...
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    Chicago Parking Meters LLC also known as ParkChicago is an American company with several investors that owns the parking meters in the city of Chicago...
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    attractions. It is home to Chicago's City Hall, the seat of Cook County, and numerous offices of other levels of government and consulates of foreign nations. The...
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    The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from...
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  • The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is a municipal corporation that oversees public housing within the city of Chicago. The agency's Board of Commissioners...
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  • The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has its main campus...
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    The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people...
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    The Chicago Boys were a group of Chilean economists prominent around the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of whom were educated at the Department of Economics...
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    The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which...
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    The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is...
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  • Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois...
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    City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. The building's west...
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  • The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David...
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    Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce...
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    63750 The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) that runs through the city of Chicago, including...
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  • with the cost of corruption "at least" $500 million per year. Chicago Traction Wars Council Wars Government of Chicago History of Chicago Lakefront liberals...
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  • The Chicago school of economics is a neoclassical school of economic thought associated with the work of the faculty at the University of Chicago, some...
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    independent governmental agency that started operations on October 1, 1947, upon the purchase and combination of the transportation assets of the Chicago Rapid...
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  • The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled...
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    The municipal device of Chicago is a symbol used officially by the city of Chicago, Illinois, as well as unofficially by various agencies and companies...
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    now the site of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. After Oak Lawn incorporated in 1909, Chicago Ridge considered the move. An incorporated government could replace...
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  • Crime in Chicago has been tracked by the Chicago Police Department's Bureau of Records since the beginning of the 20th century. The city's overall crime...
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    is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sections of the city...
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  • The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. The Code contains original...
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  • of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam...
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