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City Hall wants to put a statue of labor activist Mother Jones in Jane Byrne Park. Jane Byrne’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoAfter a bloody clash over the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park, then-Mayor Lori...
More questions raised about Mother Jones statue planned near Chicago’s historic Water Tower: ‘Why...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTop officials with the Chicago water department expressed concerns about putting a statue of labor...
NASCAR Needs Better Luck with Chicago Street Race than CART Had in '81
Autoweek via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1980, Chicago officials and CART officials announced an Indy car race for downtown Chicago that...
After nine years of construction, this major Chicago traffic interchange will reopen this month
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter nine years of construction and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, the massive...
Remembering the Chicago mariachi who serenaded Richard J. Daley and Nixon (and everyone else)
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHICAGO — José Cruz Alba occupied the center oval of a very small Venn diagram: He rubbed shoulders...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot conceded defeat in a stunning election Tuesday in America's third-largest city after failing to qualify for the spring...
Daywatch: Johnson chooses CPD superintendent
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGood morning, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson has selected Larry Snelling, the Chicago Police Department’s chief of the bureau of counterterrorism and a...
Lakewood Ranch centenarian to turn 105 on July 25; wife turned 100 this year, too
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLAKEWOOD RANCH – Jack Wagner will turn 105 on Monday, July 25, while Leona, his wife of 36 years,...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid; Paul Vallas, Brandon Johnson headed to April...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago...
When Chicago’s firefighters walked out: A vintage editorial
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs part of the Tribune’s ongoing 175th anniversary celebration, the editorial board is reprinting...