Water everywhere in young Chicago, but not enough to drink

May. 24, 2013
Historian Carl Smith explores how the Chicago’s first planners dealt with the city’s lakeside conundrum. 

Chicago’s gas problem

May. 24, 2013
Despite having a refinery just outside the city, EPA clean fuel regulations and unusually high taxes mean more pain at the pump for Chicago’s drivers.

School closures may add to neighborhood blight

May. 23, 2013
Many communities where CPS schools will close already struggle with abandoned buildings.

Pritzker faces few tough questions at Senate hearing

May. 23, 2013
There were many questions about fishing, but few about offshore trust and the failed Superior Bank.

State lawmakers vote to change welfare

May. 23, 2013
In Illinois, TANF recipients cannot have more than $3,000 in assets for a family of three. But lawmakers passed a bill to change that.

How urban gardens grow

May. 22, 2013
Community garden season has come to Chicago, prompting city-dwellers to grow their own food and flowers in the spaces they call home.

Illinois House committee OKs fracking regulatory bill

May. 21, 2013
A proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling cleared a top committee Tuesday, sending it on to the House floor.

What’s (still) manufactured in Chicago

May. 20, 2013
Sure, we have fewer industrial giants in our area these days, but if you know where to look you can find the beating heart of industry.

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