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PI Original
by Ashlee Rezin
4:37pm
Wed Feb 13

Obama Calls For Congress To Act On Progressive Issues In SOTU Address

Politics

With a promise to fuel economic growth but not add “a single dime” to America’s deficit, President Obama’s State of the Union address focused on creating middle-class jobs and encouraged bipartisan support for initiatives such as raising the minimum wage.

PI Original
by Bob Skolnik
12:38pm
Tue Feb 12

Breaking Down The Obama Win With 2012 Election Campaign Strategists

Politics

The top strategists of the Obama and Romney campaigns shared a stage last week at the University of Chicago to discuss the 2012 presidential campaign. The talk was sponsored by the university’s new Institute of Politics, which is run by David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s former chief strategist. The discussion kicked off an intensive five-week examination of the 2012 campaign at the Institute of Politics.

Quick Hit
by Ashlee Rezin
5:48pm
Mon Feb 11

Lawmakers, Chicagoans Gather At Pendleton Funeral, Tragedy Brings City Violence, Gun Control To Forefront

Hadiya Pendleton’s death has put Chicago’s gun violence in the national spotlight. Hundreds gathered for the 15-year-old’s funeral on Saturday, including First Lady Michelle Obama.

“Today was an uplifting celebration of a beautiful young life—a life gone too soon,” said Tonya Weatherly, a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools and a friend of Pendleton’s mother Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, after Saturday’s funeral. As the mother of a two-year-old son and resident of the South Side neighborhood of Chatham, Weatherly said she is “scared all the time.”

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