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Idled people mover cars sit in an unfenced lot off Irving Park Road near O'Hare International Airport on May 13, 2019. Work to upgrade the system, begun in 2015, is behind schedule, and it has been shut down since January.

O’Hare’s busy ‘people mover’ was supposed to stay open during an upgrade. It did not.

June 21, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

On a recent afternoon, 15 rail cars, some marred with graffiti, sat between puddles in a gravel lot just outside O'Hare International Airport. The cars were supposed to remain in...

State lawmakers passed a bill that would increase penalties for short staffing at nursing homes.

Understaffed nursing homes face hefty fines under newly passed Illinois legislation

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Illinois' nursing homes would face significant penalties for short-staffing — and loved ones could more easily learn about it — under legislation passed by state lawmakers over the weekend. The...

Fans look on during the National Anthem for a game between the Chicago Fire and the New England Revolution at Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.

Bridgeview says the Chicago Fire will pay $65 million in a proposed deal to leave SeatGeek Stadium

May 31, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

The first step in the Fire's bid to return to Chicago has been taken. Under a tentative deal, the Fire would pay the Village of Bridgeview about $65 million to...

An empty apartment in one of the Better Housing Foundation's buildings at 6658 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Chicago. City lawyers have filed 68 lawsuits against several arms of the foundation, alleging poor conditions in buildings it owns.

Code violation lawsuits mount as tenants bolt from troubled housing nonprofit that owns 81 Chicago buildings

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

After buying 81 apartment buildings on Chicago's South Side, a housing charity was running short on cash, losing tenants and racking up code violations when a new group of leaders...

Paul Gregoire, Illinois Department of Transportation chief of construction, discusses work on the Jane Byrne Interchange as IDOT holds a public open house March 7, 2019, at UIC.

Lengthening delays on Jane Byrne Interchange project force more explanations from IDOT: ‘This is new ground for us’

March 8, 2019 at 11:26 a.m.

Officials for the Illinois Department of Transportation on Thursday acknowledged that they could have communicated better with the public about delays involved in the Jane Byrne Interchange project, and said...

Why is the Jane Byrne project taking so long? IDOT records offer clues. So could a public hearing.

March 7, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

If all had gone as planned, the remake of the Jane Byrne Interchange could have been done by now. Instead, drivers continue to face snarled traffic, closed lanes and bountiful...

State Sen. Jacqueline Collins, shown in 2018, introduced nursing home reform legislation this week.

New Illinois bill would boost punishment for understaffed nursing homes to limit deadly sepsis infections and boost care

May 23, 2019 at 1:50 a.m.

A state lawmaker and a major advocacy group are pushing stiffer penalties for short-staffed nursing homes as a way to limit deadly sepsis infections and boost overall care. “You would...

Former Countryside police Chief Timothy Swanson, shown in 2012, helped negotiate the creative pension math with the suburb's then-labor attorney. The provision boosted his pension by 20 percent.

Should an $850 bonus = $20,000 pension boost? After long legal battle, courts say no

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

The Illinois courts have closed the door to the creative math that allowed one western suburb’s retired police officers to use a one-time $850 bonus to boost their retirement take...

Are bridges near you deteriorating? Search our interactive map

June 19, 2019 at 3:21 p.m.

appeal_fla difference-illo-arrow erate ratio1 spinner triangle Inspectors regularly assess the condition of bridges across the state. A review of Illinois Department of Transportation data showed that 400 out of 3,460...

One of two cracked steel beams is seen Feb 11, 2019, as city officials have shut down the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive at the bridge over the Chicago River because of the cracked beams beneath the roadway approaching the span.

Lake Shore Drive bridge re-opens, but cracks point to other problems with area bridges

May 23, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

A northbound Lake Shore Drive bridge reopened on Tuesday, just 26 hours after it was closed as a result of cracked steel beams. City officials say the bridge is again...

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