Taxi fare hike is in the works
Chicago taxi owners hit by rising gasoline prices and other increasing operating costs would get relief, but passengers would have to dig deeper under a Daley administration plan expected to...
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Aldermen pitch fit as Daley cuts their pork allowances
Driving down the side streets in his North Side ward, Ald. Joe Moore (49th) gripped the steering wheel of his maroon 1994 Ford Taurus and felt the bumpiness on a...
Trump aspires to new heights
First Donald Trump wanted to do away with a decorative spire atop his hotel and condominium tower on the Chicago River. Then Mayor Richard Daley asked him to put it...
CITY COUNCIL
Chicago City Council meetings can be rough-and-tumble affairs, but aldermen took a brief and touching timeout last week to listen to Ald. Ted Matlak (32nd) talk about a kidney transplant...
Aldermen fire back at Jackson Jr.
Even African-American and Latino aldermen appeared to take a dim view Thursday of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s criticism of Chicago's affirmative action contracting program, and they rejected Jackson's charge...
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
With the passion of a preacher and the skills of an actress, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Yolanda gave Northwestern University students a lesson Monday in the civil rights...
Jackson decries City Hall scandals
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), viewed by some as a potential mayoral candidate, assailed City Hall corruption Friday and said media revelations of wrongdoing "give more courage and more...
Salt trucks start rolling as 1st flakes hit city
As the first snowflakes of an anticipated winter storm fell Tuesday night on Chicago, the city's fleet of 262 snow-fighting trucks fanned out on main roadways to make them safe...
Foul play unlikely in bank fire
Investigators have all but determined that the fire at the LaSalle Bank building was accidental, sources familiar with the probe said Thursday. A preliminary finding of "undetermined" may be made,...
Blue bags get heave-ho in pilot recycling plan
Though Mayor Richard Daley has long bristled at criticism of his unique blue bag recycling program, city officials are developing a pilot program in which many Southwest Side homeowners will...