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Chicago Pension Debt Rises to $37 Billion as City Hunts for Cash
Bloomberg· 13 hours agoHave a confidential tip for our reporters? Chicago’s pension burden climbed again last year as new...
Chicago’s minimum wage resets to higher rate
Chicago Tribune· 13 hours agoChicago’s minimum wage got its annual increase Monday, when it hit $16.20 for most workers across the city. Chicagoans familiar with the city’s minimum wage ordinance will notice two significant ...
In Chicago’s tent cities, ‘a multitude of challenges’ to address the city’s rising homelessness
Chicago Tribune· 21 hours agoRobert Bulanon glanced at the sky and frowned at the rain. He hurried into his home and emerged, holding an umbrella over his head, picking his way between a barbershop pole, a pair of bus seats ...
Thousands turn out for downsized Chicago Pride Parade
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoKi Brown, 25, and Ky Ferba, 23, said they became friends in high school because they were both...
Mulling Reparations, California Sets Aside $12 Million as a Start
New York Times· 2 days agoDirect cash payments are not imminent, but under the state’s new budget, the money could go toward...
Chicago Teachers Union endorses slate of candidates for Chicago’s school board election
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoLess than a week after the filing period ended for Chicago’s first school board election, the...
Dorval on defense: Embattled CTA chief tours his transit system for lawmakers to see agency ‘up...
Chicago Tribune· 3 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 ...
Opinion | Chicago Needs to be Repaired Not Taxed for Reparations
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoIt’ll have to cost billions to fund and attempts to find that revenue will drive out residents.
Daywatch: Who won last night’s presidential debate?
Chicago Tribune· 4 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 ...
State adds two migrant shelters months before DNC, causing objections from lawmakers
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoAhead of August’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration...
