Chicago to host next Nobel Peace Laureates summit

Nov. 17, 2011
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday that Chicago has been chosen to host the next World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.The three-day annual event is scheduled for April 23-25, a few weeks before Chicago hosts the G8 and NATO conferences in mid-May."

Emanuel's budget receives unanimous support

Nov. 17, 2011
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget received unanimous support from the City Council Wednesday. After more than a month of vetting and tweaking, he got all 50 aldermen on board. With a $636 million deficit on the horizon, the council had to make some difficult decisions to right its course. Ald.

Congress poised to stop high speed rail funding

Nov. 17, 2011
Congress is on the verge of killing funding for President Barack Obama's signature high-speed rail program, but it may have some life in it still.Republican lawmakers are claiming credit for killing the program.

Housing starts down slightly in October

Nov. 17, 2011
U.S. builders started slightly fewer homes in October but submitted plans for a wave of apartments, a mixed sign for the struggling housing market.Builders broke ground on a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 homes last month, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Investigating Chicago's City Council

Nov. 16, 2011
Chicago’s City Council was scheduled to meet Wednesday to vote on the 2012 city budget, the first proposed budget by new Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Council members were also likely to make history: they were expected to sign off on the first-ever legislative Inspector General for the council.

New life for old, vacant buildings

Nov. 16, 2011
Vacant industrial buildings dot the Midwest and swallow up chunks of some neighborhoods. But instead of blight, one Chicago man sees opportunity. All this month, we’ve been reporting on empty places. It reminded me of a man I first met last year, when I reported on brownfields.

CHA plans to transform Lathrop Homes raises community concerns

Nov. 16, 2011
The Chicago Housing Authority’s Lathrop Homes have stood at the intersection of Diversey, Clybourn and Damen Avenues since the late 1930s. The homes were scheduled for major renovations.

New York judge rules against Occupy Wall Street encampment

Nov. 15, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn darkness Tuesday, evicted hundreds of protesters and then demolished the tent city, leaving the future of the demonstration in limbo.Later in the day, a New&nb

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