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Delta-8 and delta-10 hemp products in the form of gummies, disposable vapes and drinks for sale in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood June 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Ald. Brian Hopkins: If Springfield won’t act on dangerous hemp products, Chicago must

July 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Synthetic hemp is a public health crisis in the making. Once again, the Illinois General Assembly failed to do anything about it.

Ald. Brian Hopkins: With Lincoln Yards, we are delivering on the community’s vision

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

At the 2013 inception of my candidacy for alderman of the 2nd Ward, I adopted a clear and unequivocal position in favor of eliminating the North Branch Planned Manufacturing District,...

An 1890s view, looking north, of the area now known as Grant Park. It was a site of squatters' shacks, livery stables and mountains of garbage. Troops were camped there in 1894 during the Pullman strike. There was also a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1890 that included camps in the park.

A legacy for the future: Parks in the reimagined Clybourn Corridor

May 11, 2019 at 3:52 a.m.

More than 125 years ago, A. Montgomery Ward faced bitter opposition as he fought to protect Grant Park in Chicago. It is not hard to imagine the taunts, head shakes...

COLLEGE TUITION

August 8, 2021 at 4:19 p.m.

In their outline of the fiscal crisis facing higher education in Illinois (Tribune, June 8) Sen. Kustra and Prof.Nowlan coyly called for an increase in ''resources from nonstate sources.'' This...

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