Stroger files 22K signatures for reelection bid

11/03/2009

The race for president of the Cook County board is on. Two of incumbent President Todd Stroger's challengers filed more signatures for their spot on the ballot. Read More...

Big protests expected at bankers' confab

10/26/2009

The American Bankers Association -- whose members have received billions in taxpayer bailouts -- are meeting in Chicago. And so are the protesters, according to this piece from Bloomberg News. Read More...

Population in Cook County up because of recession

10/26/2009

Interesting column from the Trib's Greg Burns today, who writes, "The number of people leaving Cook County has plunged by 17 percent since the latest peak in 2006, while the numbers moving in have shot up. With Chicago's high rate of births and Immigration, Cook County's population grew during 2008, reversing recent trends." Read More...

Burnett: spend TIF bucks on affordable housing

10/09/2009

Progress Illinois reports on the Sweet Home Chicago Coalition's campaign for more affordable housing. Ald. Walter Burnett (27th), whose ward includes parts of the West Loop and Near West Side, is crafting an ordinance calling for 20 percent of tax increment financing dollars to go towards affordable housing. Read More...

Olympic decision is a triumph for the nerds

10/02/2009

Windycitizen.com founder and editor Brad Flora on why Chicago didn't score the 2016 Games. Read More...

Photos of the Board of Trade in 1971

09/25/2009

Gapers Block has posted a series of beautiful black-and-white photographs of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1971. A fascinating glimpse into a long-gone commercial demimonde. Read More...

Chicagoans for Rio pushes Brazil for 2016

09/24/2009

Anonymous Chicagoans have set up new Web site (with lots of bells and whistles, by the way) backing Rio for the 2016 Summer Games. Read More...

This week brings the annual World Music Festival

09/18/2009

Musical acts from around the world with hit venues in the Loop, Millennium Park, the South Loop and other locations starting tonight. Read More...

Public housing revamp has left promises unkept

09/03/2009

The Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation "gave residents reason to expect speedy redevelopment, then dashed their expectations and subjected them instead to years of uncertainty," according to a new report by a housing advocacy group. Read More...

Olympic funding issues

09/03/2009

Chicago 2016 chairman Pat Ryan wishes financial guarantees for an Olympics Games here could have been resolved earlier. Read More...