8/29/2017: City Slaps Fines On Businesses For Putting Signs On Windows Without Permits - Confederate Monuments Taken Down in Baltimore Overnight

Today's Article: City Slaps Fines On Businesses For Putting Signs On Windows Without Permits
From: DNA Info Chicago
Readability Score: 9.9

A number of neighborhood small business owners are complaining that the city is overzealously policing sign permits, saying they've had to pay thousands of dollars in fines for words painted on their shop windows.

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Today's Alternate Article: Confederate Monuments Taken Down in Baltimore Overnight
Readability Score: 7.5

Aug. 16, 2017 Confederate statues in Baltimore were removed from their bases overnight by city contractors, who used heavy machinery to load them onto flatbed trucks and haul them away — an abrupt end to more than a year of indecision on what to do with the memorials.

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