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An estimated 68,440 Chicagoans experienced homelessness in 2021, new report says
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe number of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago increased between 2020 and 2021, according...
Chicago’s Reform-Minded New Mayor Has A Big Task: Picking A New Police Chief
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoChicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson participates in a public safety forum on March 14. Chicago...
‘Let the Little Light Shine’ Film Review: Black Chicago Students Fight for Their School and Their...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVarious sets of cameras, far different from the national-news ones obsessed only with Black homicide...
Homeless Chicagoans also living at police stations alongside migrants
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe floor of the police station in Woodlawn was turning into a patchwork of mattresses and quilts on...
Rents are going up, forcing Chicagoans to make lifestyle changes, or hunt for more affordable...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — When the pandemic started, photographer and public relations professional Micaeh Johnson...
Chicago is spending over $17 million to add miles of new bike lanes — all in hopes of curbing...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoChicago.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Chicago's cycling community has exploded in recent...
City ID card event cancellations frustrate migrants desperate for official identification
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBefore even crossing the U.S. border, Carolina Olachea knew she wanted to be a Chicagoan. The...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes 15-year deal with ComEd that critics on City Council call...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reached a 15-year deal with Commonwealth Edison that the city bills as the “strongest municipal utility franchise deal in the country,” but some aldermen are ...
Politics are increasingly a dating dealbreaker — especially for women
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Nadia*, a 33-year-old Chicagoan, has had her fair share of bad dates. But there...
Chicagoans brave below-freezing temps to protest police brutality in wake of Tyre Nichols’ death
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBraving below-freezing temperatures, over 100 people gathered Monday night at Federal Plaza in the Loop to protest police killings after a video was released of the traffic stop in which Memphis ...