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A Chicago City Council committee approves a measure aimed at keeping tenants in their homes after foreclosure, but not without generating some sparks.

The Archdiocese of Chicago says it no longer has a demo date set for St. James Catholic Church.

The Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association says the plan, set for a City Council hearing on Wednesday, would clog courts already struggling with a huge backlog of foreclosure cases.

This weekend I went on an odyssey of sorts, through some of the strongholds of American popular culture.

Rachel Shteir still got you down? Forget the drubbing she gave Chicago and consider this love letter to the city from another writer, GQ’s Michael Hainey. 

Retail and fast food employees are calling for a downtown minimum wage of $15 an hour. 

Riders could lose daily Amtrak service from Chicago to Indy if Indiana doesn’t pony up funding.