‘Maybe we’ll get a dry one next year.’ Rain spoils the NASCAR Chicago Street Race again.
After intermittent downpours, most seats were empty when Alex Bowman's purple Chevrolet crossed the finish line with no car close behind him.
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A dedicated bus lane on Western Avenue? Nearby aldermen support overhaul plan to make CTA less ‘Loop-centric.’
A push to install the city’s first extended bus rapid transit lanes is well underway. Supporters hope a lane on either side of the busy 27-mile street will be carved...
As Chicago’s NASCAR race returns, changes abound, but critics wave yellow flag
Race organizers have tried to make changes aimed at ameliorating pushback from Loop residents who decried its disruptions, but that doesn't mean NASCAR is now universally welcomed to the lakefront.
Ante el cambio climático, la actual llegada de nuevos inmigrantes a Chicago ‘es sólo el principio’
Más de 44,000 inmigrantes fueron enviados a Chicago en autobús o avión en los últimos dos años y la lucha de la ciudad para darles techo, comida y mantenerlos seguros...
Chicago pension debt climbs to $37.2 billion
Mayor Johnson has made taming the debt more difficult, tying his own hands with a pledge not to raise property taxes, one of the chief revenue sources the city relies...
With climate change coming, Chicago’s current migrant influx ‘only going to be the beginning’
Aldermen debate how climate change-related disasters will cause more migration to Chicago.
Chicago hate crimes remain high after recent spike, city report shows
The number of reported hate crimes has spiked from just 80 in 2020 to 303 last year, aldermen learned during an annual presentation.
Few answers on potential new Chicago taxes at long-awaited City Council hearing
After bold ideas for new taxes, fees and other moneymakers had trickled out for weeks, the City Council Subcommittee on Revenue met for the first time.
Bleacher-blocked Wrigley rooftop buildings on track to be torn down
The buildings between 3627 and 3633 N. Sheffield Ave. long had seating and views of Wrigley’s right field, along with the “Eamus Catuli” sign and the famous Torco billboard.
City Council members react to Ed Burke sentencing: ‘You gotta pay the price’
The two-year prison sentence and $2 million fine delivered to the longest-serving Chicago alderman ever is already reverberating around the City Council he long lorded over.