Chicago’s new map: Find the shape of your ward
The Chicago City Council adopted a new map of the city's 50 wards Monday — three days before a deadline to avoid having the referendum go to voters on the...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
‘Insane.’ ‘Obviously wrong.’ ‘Not a good thing.’ The new 36th Ward would stretch from the Far Northwest Side to West Town, baffling its future residents.
Longtime West Town resident Steve Johnson has a detailed list of problems he'd like his alderman to fix. There's the stretch of West Ohio Street that he said "looks like...
After ‘personal and toxic’ fight over Chicago’s ward map, can City Council look past the acrimony and get back to business?
Chicago aldermen's ugly, monthslong ward map feud will probably end next week, leaving city officials to hope they can move past the very public acrimony and get back to tackling...
State Rep. Kam Buckner joins race for Chicago mayor: ‘A mayor’s job is not just to fight for the sake of fighting’
State Rep. Kam Buckner kicked off his mayoral campaign Thursday, proclaiming "we cannot wait a day longer for a safe and just Chicago for all of us." Buckner pledged a...
Chicago ward map proposal blasted as ‘backroom deal’ and a loss for city’s Latinos; agreement means voters won’t decide on new boundaries
Enough Chicago aldermen are in agreement on a new map of the city's 50 wards that they will avoid a ballot referendum next month that would have let voters choose...
El redistritaje de Chicago, un ‘acuerdo de trastienda’ y una pérdida para los latinos de la ciudad; los votantes no decidirán sobre nuevos límites
Suficientes concejales de Chicago están de acuerdo en un nuevo mapa de los 50 distritos de la ciudad que evitarán un referéndum electoral el próximo mes que habría permitido a...
If Roe falls, Illinois abortion providers plan for influx of 20,000 to 30,000 more patients traveling here each year. ‘We will fight for what little is left of abortion access.’
Chicago Abortion Fund Executive Director Megan Jeyifo was at a comedy show when a rapid-fire series of news alerts and text messages lit up her phone: A draft U.S. Supreme...
Bally’s casino plan for Chicago expected to get Mayor Lightfoot’s backing, sources say; decision coming soon
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to select Bally's bid at the baiduhai Publishing Center in River West as the site of Chicago's casino, sources told the Tribune. The deal...
Fight over Chicago’s ward boundaries could leave ‘People’s Map’ out in the cold
With a deadline approaching to avoid the first Chicago ward map referendum in three decades, Latino aldermen failed this week to convince City Council colleagues to let them make changes...
45th Ward superintendent connected to embattled alderman has gun case added to court troubles
When ATF agents and Chicago police arrested 45th Ward boss Charles Sikanich on Monday, police records state, Sikanich made one request over and over: Let me contact Ald. Jim Gardiner,...