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Samantha Steele regrets how she talked to police — but says “justice prevailed”

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By Dan Mihalopoulos Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
A day after her acquittal on a DUI charge, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele said her position of power hurt her more than it helped in the case, and she blasted the Cook County state’s attorney’s office for prosecuting her.
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Former charter school executive Tim King charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Urban Prep Original

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By Dan Mihalopoulos Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that Tim King – who won national acclaim for founding and serving as CEO of Urban Prep Academies on Chicago’s South Side – stole more than $100,000 from the privately run but publicly funded charter school network. In the newly unsealed grand jury indictment, the office of the U.S. attorney in Chicago accused King of taking a total of $103,833.31 by siphoning money from Urban Prep’s bank account to pay his credit card bills.
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CHA Commissioner Debra Parker drops lawsuit against the housing authority, ending fight to keep voucher

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By Dan Mihalopoulos Verified, Lizzie Kane Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Longtime Chicago Housing Authority Board Commissioner Debra Parker dropped her lawsuit Friday against the housing authority and interim CHA leader Matthew Brewer, ending her fight to keep her housing voucher. Parker recently sued in Cook County Circuit Court, asking a judge to take emergency action to prevent the immediate revocation of the housing subsidy. She alleged that CHA administrators unfairly decided to stop paying much of the rent for a home on the South Side where she used her voucher.
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