How they fought the fire
As firefighters pulled their trucks to a halt outside 135 S. LaSalle St. Monday night, smoke was already spreading into the stairwells as flames surged through a 29th-floor office. Almost...
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Hoteliers: No room at inn for Daley tax plan
Chicago's tax on hotel and motel rooms will be the highest among the nation's top 10 convention cities if the increase in Mayor Richard Daley's 2005 budget proposal wins City...
City foreman, engineer charged in Hired Truck
An owner's truck sat idle, but he was still paid by the city's Hired Truck Program, because a bribe-taking foreman falsified records to make it appear work had been done,...
City plans design limits for Wrigley expansion
The city soon will give the Chicago Cubs design standards for a Wrigley Field bleachers expansion, city Planning Commissioner Denise Casalino said Wednesday. Limits will be set for the height...
Daley plans anti-fraud measures
Mayor Richard Daley, whose administration has been rocked by scandals surrounding the city's Hired Truck Program and the hiring of unqualified building inspectors, will introduce a package of ordinances Wednesday...
Daley says ATA jobs to be saved
Mayor Richard Daley said Friday that AirTran Airways has agreed to hire virtually all of ATA Airlines' 3,200 Chicago-based employees if a proposed deal between the two carriers is consummated....
Chicago a sweet home for BP spinoff
A major petrochemical operation will make Chicago its global headquarters, bringing much in the way of civic bragging rights if not a whole lot of jobs. And in a stroke...
Kids stand up for principals
Movie star Michael Clarke Duncan, a young funeral director, 29 White Castle fast-food managers and the consul general of Croatia were among the 1,755 people dubbed Principal for a Day...
Father, son a study in clout
They represent an unlikely political dynasty. The father, a battle-scarred Chicago Democrat from Bridgeport, is a behind-the-scenes power broker who wielded his considerable influence while he was a top official...
City weighs sprinkler loans to high-rise owners
Owners of office high-rises would be able to obtain low-interest loans arranged by the city to install sprinklers under a proposal being considered by the Daley administration, City Hall sources...