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State adds two migrant shelters months before DNC, causing objections from lawmakers
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoAhead of August’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration...
Chicago Pension Debt Rises to $37 Billion as City Hunts for Cash
Bloomberg· 3 days agoHave a confidential tip for our reporters? Chicago’s pension burden climbed again last year as new...
Editorial: City Council has a Google Doc full of wild new tax ideas and no clear plans to review...
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoThe City Council’s mad scramble for new revenue sources, just getting underway per the orders of Mayor Brandon Johnson, is shaping up to be a spectacle ...
Editorial: Tuesday’s primaries offered hope that American voters are tiring of extremists
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoThe headline from Tuesday’s primaries was the resounding defeat of U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the first member of the so-called Squad of ultra-leftist Democrats to fall to a more moderate challenger ...
Thousands turn out for downsized Chicago Pride Parade
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoKi Brown, 25, and Ky Ferba, 23, said they became friends in high school because they were both...
Chicago Hunts for Revenue as Gains from Pandemic Aid Expire
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 7 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Chicago leaders have initiated what could be a thorny discussion focused on ways to...
Dorval on defense: Embattled CTA chief tours his transit system for lawmakers to see agency ‘up...
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoDorval Carter embarked on a “legislative tour” of his transit system with Black lawmakers this week, the latest endeavor by the embattled CTA president to curry favor with key government officials ...
Daywatch: Who won last night’s presidential debate?
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoGood morning, Chicago. Last night’s presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden ...
Earl Scruggs Music Festival Going Beyond Music
antiMUSIC· 6 days agoEarl Scruggs Music Festival will play host to more than just music
Chicago’s minimum wage is set to go up July 1. Here’s what you need to know.
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoChicago’s minimum wage will get its annual increase Monday, when it will hit $16.20 for most workers across the city. Chicagoans familiar with the city’s minimum wage ordinance will notice two ...