“River North got hit the hardest because it was so close to the financial district — but it never really brought people back to work,” said Sam Sanchez, CEO of Third Coast Hospitality. On average, River North restaurants cut 20.2 hours per week between October 2019 and October 2022 – a figure that massively outpaces the national average drop of 6.4 hours per week over the same period.

“You can’t have a good city unless you have a just city, one that provides equal opportunities for all its residents to thrive. But despite the dazzle of Millennium Park, Chicago infamously has become a tale of two cities — actually, three cities, if we account for its shrinking middle class, as well as its growing cohorts of rich and poor.”

Daniel A. Kirk: “I spent nearly 15 years as a prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, working my way up to second in command, and I know first-hand that sensible reform does not have to sacrifice public safety…However, in (Kim) Foxx’s Chicago, murders are

“This is a continuing problem that we see in a lot of minority … communities across the nation,” Bryant said. “This is not a Robbins problem. This is a state and federal problem.” He said two water main breaks were reported last week, but that there had been around 40 breaks in Robbins since February.

Some of those defendants have been the most infamous ever to set foot in the criminal courthouse: R. Kelly, ex-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, the men accused of the Brown’s Chicken massacre. Gaughan has had his hand on the tiller of Cook County history.

The victims were reportedly held at gunpoint in some of the alleged carjackings, which took place on several streets, including North Campbell, North Rockwell, North Hoyne, North Damen and North Claremont. No arrests had been made by Saturday afternoon.

What brings out working Latino families to vote, Rep. Delia Ramirez argues, is a straightforward economically progressive message — not threats to democracy or rhetoric on social justice issues but pocketbook issues such as health care and housing.

There has been a loss of lower-cost rental units citywide, but South Shore has seen its share of renter-occupied households with rents under $900 — a key measure of affordability — drop by 23% since 2010, a slightly larger drop than the city. Housing prices in South Shore, meanwhile, have grown faster than prices for the city overall since 2015, when the Obama Foundation announced the center would be located on the South Side.

Several associations of construction contractors sued Cook County in circuit court, claiming it violated the 2016 Safe Roads Amendment, which mandates that revenue collected from fees and taxes related to transportation must be spent on purposes related to transportation. The county responded by arguing the amendment doesn’t apply to home rule governmental units.

Major commuter rail services in Chicago, Minneapolis, Maryland and Washington state all warned then that some of their operations would be suspended in the event of a rail strike.

According to Salvation Army officials, the red kettle was stolen from the corner of North State Street and West Randolph Street and contained what is estimated to be around $400.

“All told, nearly six decades of data on violence in Chicago’s neighborhoods point to an unmistakable conclusion: Producing a sustained reduction in violence may not be possible without addressing extreme, persistent segregation by race, ethnicity, and income.”

For the second time in a month and a half, a statue of Abraham Lincoln was vandalized with a reference to 38 Native Americans who were hanged in 1862 over a land dispute in what is now Minnesota. President Lincoln approved those death sentences.

“O’Hare is crucial to Chicago. Many international travelers choose to stop over in hub cities, and they’re more attractive to business meetings. The expansion of O’Hare’s capacity and its structural reorganization and modernization is merited…But it’s pivotal Chicago keep reminding its two major carriers of all it is putting in place for them. To the tune of $12.1 billion.”

“It’s important that this system is built on fair and constitutional policing, and that the appropriate amount of time is taken to ensure it is aligned with CPD’s commitment to reform,” CPD spokesman Tom Ahern said.

Even today, after the return of many tourists and shoppers, more than 900,000 of the 3.2 million square feet on the Mag Mile is available, nearly double the vacancy rate before the pandemic. In contrast, as of July, visitor traffic to suburban retailers was up 16.6% over pre-pandemic levels.

“While it was open, it actually contributed to the economy,” one neighbor said. “It kind of held the neighborhood up.” After years of talks with city and federal officials, Englewood organizers are circulating a petition, hoping to put a referendum on the ballot for the Feb. 28 election.