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Mayor Rahm Emanuel holds a forum Wednesday at Cedar Concepts Chemical Manufacturer to discuss economic empowerment in Chicago neighborhoods.

Tax-free zones may be an answer for the Southland

June 15, 2018 at 10:47 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week called for the development of tax-free zones to attract business development in impoverished areas of Chicago, but the concept might be better applied to Cook...

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, third from right, for a new round of nuclear negotiations on March 4, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland.

A letter about nukes and U.S. senators

May 21, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Trying to clear up any confusion in Iran from a letter sent by Republican U.S. senators An open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran: You may...

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti listen as Christine Radogno speaks during the inauguration of the Illinois Senate at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 14, 2015.

Mayors say Rauner budget plan ‘devastating’

May 21, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is discovering that any plan to cut state spending by more than $1 billion is going to generate massive political opposition, not only among the disenfranchised who...

In 2012, White Sox legend Minnie Miñoso speaks to the crowd at Sluggers bar in Chicago after a viewing of a documentary about Miñoso called "Baseball's Been Very, Very, Good To Me."

Ernie, Minnie and the power of kindness

May 21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

At times in the past few weeks, it seemed as if almost everyone had a story to tell about Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks or White Sox star Minnie Minoso....

Louie's Chophouse, an upscale restaurant in Oak Lawn, is where the Community High School District 218 board plans to meet and dine Monday as a reward for its work in finding a new superintendent. The board president said no vote will be taken at the meeting on hiring the superintendent.

District 218 board meeting chopped from Louie’s

May 21, 2019 at 4:59 p.m.

There will be no expensive dinner for school board members of Community High School District 218 at Monday's special meeting. After my column Thursday on plans by the board to...

School board’s reward: Meeting at chophouse

May 21, 2019 at 4:59 p.m.

For a few hours, I imagined the school board was going to treat everyone in Community High School District 218 to steak and lobster at Louie's Chophouse in Oak Lawn....

Stunning write-in victory in Homer Glen

June 16, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

While the Chicago mayoral runoff election has attracted nationwide attention, a stunning upset by a write-in candidate in Homer Glen has attracted little notice. George Yukich, a village trustee, attracted...

A man holds his 8-month-old son as he retrieves his luggage at Terminal 3 as a wall of greenery looms behind him.

Create an ‘aerotropolis’ for Southland

June 15, 2018 at 10:44 p.m.

"Airports will shape business location and urban development in the 21st century as much as highways did in the 20th century, railroads in the 19th and seaports in the 18th."...

Rita sees new hope for casino expansion

June 15, 2018 at 10:43 p.m.

Most gamblers believe that no matter how bad their luck is running, everything can change with the next roll of the dice, turn of the wheel or flip of a...

Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson, D-Chicago Heights before the Senate Executive Committee at the State Capitol Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Victims of crime hurt by crime-free laws

June 16, 2018 at 6:59 p.m.

Victims of domestic violence face eviction from their apartments under crime-free housing laws for repeatedly calling police to report abusive spouses, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois....

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