U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge gives Chicago $60 million to fight homelessness
The city received the largest sum of federal funds toward combating the issue.
The city received the largest sum of federal funds toward combating the issue.
The plan to create a new TIF around downtown and surrounding areas would provide one-third of the money needed for the nearly $4 billion project to add nearly 6 miles of track, with federal money filling the rest.
The decadeslong project leans on federal money, but also an “equity TIF” that pools tax money from around Downtown to expand the Red Line south.
A wave of new City Council members campaigned against incumbents by citing their low attendance at meetings. Now, the freshmen are outperforming the veterans.
As Chicago workers gradually return to downtown office life, aldermen are considering whether they should go back to the old way too.
Despite six-figure budgets and dedicated staff, some City Council committees are leaving work undone, raising questions about why they exist.
Between May 2019 and December 2021, the average Chicago alderman attended about 86% of the meetings required of them.
Hundreds of people gathered for a rally in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village Thursday afternoon to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The deal creates one of the largest non-profit news organizations in the country, and comes with multi-year pledges from nearly a dozen major philanthropies
Holiday shopping is underway, but many small businesses in Chicago have limited inventory or higher prices due to supply-chain bottlenecks.