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Chicago delegation heads back to China in continued pursuit of economic ties

August 18, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

When Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel led a delegation to Beijing in late 2013, he sealed economic partnerships with eight major Chinese cities — pacts the city's private economic development arm,...

Lori Hazelton and Stephanie Ward become the first same-sex couple to receive their marriage license in Muskegon, Mich., on June 26, 2015, after the U.S. Supreme Court declared such unions legal nationwide. Michigan was among the states barring same-sex marriage whose cases were before the court.

In Michigan, gay marriage ruling sparks celebration, denunciation

June 20, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

Doug Roberts was driving from his Detroit home to his weekend DJ gig at the Dunes Resort in this western Michigan town when he heard the news that the Supreme...

As part of a push toward increased trade with China, Deputy mayor Steve Koch adn World Business Chicago officials are set to travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang, a large industrial city in northeastern China.

Chicago plans trade mission to China

June 15, 2018 at 3:09 p.m.

Chicago's push for a greater share of business with China will accelerate next month with a trade mission to several major Chinese cities. The trip will be led by Deputy...

Chinese parents snapping up Chicago condos for their college kids

August 18, 2019 at 7:44 p.m.

Riding in his real estate agent's white Range Rover, Chinese grad student Owen Wang spent a sunny Saturday afternoon zipping from condo to condo in some of Chicago's most desirable...

The Chicago skyline glows as the sun sets. While Chicago often ranks among the top global cities, convincing North American cities to devise and aggressively pursue a far-reaching foreign policy can be a tough sell, observers say.

As borders blur, cities mull ‘foreign policies’

August 18, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

Before ramping up the number of bus lanes running through its high-rise canyons, Brazilian business hub Sao Paulo studied how such systems work in Paris, London, New York and Buenos...

One country responding to the survey said Illinois' transportation networks are straining to move commuters and goods: "There are large (and growing) perceptions that infrastructure improvements are not keeping up."

Illinois’ taxes, infrastructure turn off foreign investors, survey finds

August 18, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

Foreign companies considering investment in Illinois are turned off by the state's high taxes, its aging infrastructure and its lack of vocational training for the next generation of skilled workers,...

Marianne Diachenko, from left, Svitlana Kochman and Lesia Smolak-Semitka visit the school building next to St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Ukrainian Village where they attended Saturday school with their friend Natalie Jaresko, now Ukraine's finance minister.

Chicago child of immigrants takes on ‘near-impossible’ task in Ukraine

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

On a gusty spring day in 1986, Natalie Jaresko asked 500 Chicagoans gathered at Daley Plaza to pray for the victims of Chernobyl in Ukraine, site of the world's worst...

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, left, shown in August 2014 with Iraq's acting foreign minister, is among the speakers scheduled for the Chicago Forum on Global Cities in May.

Global cities forum to draw international leaders

August 18, 2019 at 7:02 p.m.

Organizers of the first Chicago Forum on Global Cities on Tuesday announced a roster of world leaders who will speak at the May 27-29 program, which will delve into how...

Houston scores on international tourism by playing to core strengths

August 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

The trip to Houston was not the main event, merely a pit stop on the way to a Caribbean cruise leaving from a nearby port. But Flor Hernandez's family fell...

Chicago lags on international tourism, ‘still dealing with Al Capone’

August 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

On a summer evening in London's Hyde Park, a lithe Mick Jagger led swaying throngs in an encore rendition of the Rolling Stones hit "You Can't Always Get What You...

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