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US Rep. Robin Kelly, area mayors stress sustainability in renewed push for south suburban airport
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFollowing the passage of a bill in the Illinois General Assembly paving the way for public and...
Railfan Road: Chicago’s Cicero Avenue - Trains
Trains.com· 1 day agoRoosevelt Road used to be THE Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown, fans could catch passenger trains to and from...
'The Blues Brothers' came out in June 1980. Is there a better Chicago movie? Not for me
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago“Chicago is like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ if you’re rich,” one local musician observed, “and it’s...
Chicago alderman sleeping in tent outside to bring attention to neighborhood's violence
NBC Chicago· 1 day agoAn alderman from Chicago’s South Side plans to sleep outside in a tent until the crime problem in...
Q&A: The role of 'the Southland' in Chicago's global future
Crain s Chicago Business· 5 days agoTwo sites — one in southwest suburban Lockport and one on the old U.S. Steel South Works on Chicago's Far
Cicada "superfans" are eating them, making art with them, performing strip teases as them
CBS News· 11 hours agoTrillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people's shirts,...
Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoJohnson’s office said the task force will study the ways Black Chicagoans continue to be impacted by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Working...
Daywatch: Johnson launches task force on reparations for Black Chicagoans
Chicago Tribune· 13 hours agoMayor Brandon Johnson launched a task force yesterday to examine implementing a reparations program...
Chicago residents fight to bring basketball courts back to Beverly
CBS News· 5 days agoKids and adults in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood are fighting to return basketball courts to their...
Ballot measures to rev up voters
Politico· 5 days agoTGIF, Illinois. On this day in 1977, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community held its first large political demonstration to protest anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant’s ...