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The Bean in Millennium Park remains closed
Axios· 2 days agoThe shiny tourist attraction officially known as Cloud Gate remains closed for repairs. Why it matters: Anish Kapoor's stainless steel "gate" to the city...
How It Works: When Mayors Use TIFs To Steer Investment Dollars
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 6 days agoIn March 2018, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel tweeted a 90-second video. As swirls of white form ribbons of light, the words “Amazon Makes Its Second City The Second City” come ...
1996 Democratic convention was redemption for Chicago — and Daley
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoDaley was determined to showcase a new and different Chicago on the world stage and erase the ugly...
Meet the ‘Rap-brarian:’ Chicago librarian by day, rapper by night
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCHICAGO — The secret lives of librarians, may not sound like a bestseller, but at one West Side...
The Rundown: A Chicago first: school board ballot shaping up
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 4 hours agoAfter more than a decade of lobbying, years of negotiation and months of sorting out the logistics,...
Riot Fest departure from Chicago's Douglass Park sparks more debate over costs and gains for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCHICAGO — Sheila McNary had a somewhat complicated relationship with Riot Fest over the years. The...
O'Hare expansion, La Salle Street makeover take giant steps forward as City Council OKs financing
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoThe City Council signed off Wednesday on a pair of development projects pivotal to Chicago’s...
Appellate Court backs Chicago Public Schools’ decision not to renew Urban Prep charter: ‘It is sad...
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoJust before the end of the school year in June, Lisa Brown washed, dried and neatly folded up her...
Ballot measures to rev up voters
Politico· 4 days agoDaley, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email [email protected] At the IDOT Stevenson Maintenance Yard in McCook at 2 p.m. to announce a multi-year ...
Afternoon Edition: CPD's new list of banned groups for cops only includes gangs
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoThe list includes 675 gang factions that department members are forbidden from joining — but no hate or extremist groups, my colleagues Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos report. Plus, we’ve got ...
