Reccommendations for recession-era Chicago

12/16/2009

Vet Crain's columnist Greg Hinz offers up some advice to Mayor Daley about the direction and future of the city as it weathers the economic recession. (Registration required to access this column.) Read More...

Death and injuries at Streeterville fire

12/10/2009

The building at 260 E. Chestnut caught ablaze this morning. One woman died, and 12 people were injured in the blaze. Read More...

New city budget uses meter reserves

12/03/2009

Twelve aldermen - Fioretti, Dowell and Reilly among them - voted against the budget pitched by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Read More...

What's wrong with McCormick Place?

11/23/2009

Crain's examines the issues bedeviling Chicago's convention center, located near the lakefront on the Near South Side. Read More...

Oprah and the Chicago media

11/23/2009

Longtime Chicago media columnist Robert Feder talks about Oprah's evolution over the years. Read More...

Judge appoints receiver for Block 37

11/20/2009

CB Richard Ellis Inc. has been appointed as receiver of Block 37 in the Loop. Bank of America filed a $128 million dollar foreclosure lawsuit against Block 37 developer Joseph Freed & Associates LLC last month. Read More...

Finishing gaps in the lakefront

11/05/2009

Around 100 acres of lakefront property on the South Side could be transferred to the Chicago Park District. Chicago elected officials will propose legislation to do just that early next year. Read More...

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...