How Jason Heyward Is Fixing His Swing
After a brutal 2016 at the plate, he's gone back to his approach from early in his career—and very early on, it seems to be working.
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How the Shieldses Said No to Charlie Trotter, Went to Rural Virginia, and Opened One of Chicago's Best New Restaurants
John and Karen Urie Shields took a long southern detour on their way to opening Smyth + the Loyalist.
10 Great Stories to Read This Week
Chicago’s best new restaurants, how Rick Bayless launched his career, and Illinois’s high-tech highway.
Illinoisians Are Willing to Pay More Taxes to Help the Poor
Just don't ask us where exactly the money should go.
Another Way Illinois Shoots Itself in the Foot When Defunding Colleges
It's not just about educating students—colleges are proven to spur economic growth by their very existence.
10 Stories You Should Read This Week
Chicago’s food truck fiasco, fire and police widows become victims to budget feud, and a CPS teacher’s story.
It's Going to Be a Little Harder for the Cubs This Year
Last year the Cubs looked like the dominant team in baseball, and they were. They're still a great team, but the competition got better.
Chicago Isn’t Just Segregated, It Basically Invented Modern Segregation
The significance of the Metropolitan Planning Council/Urban Institute report I wrote about yesterday is that it puts new numbers to an old truth: that Chicago is one of the most...
Chicago Has Struggled to Build Mixed-Income Housing for 50 Years
It's been the CHA's goal since long before the Plan for Transformation, but resistance and mismanagement have dogged it since the 1960s.
10 Great Stories You Should Read This Week
How Chicago police lose track of officer discipline cases, the Willy Wonka of high-tech cooking, the plight of downstate Cairo, and more.