New south suburban casino, 'ultimate entertainment experience' could open next week
It's a safe bet the Wind Creek Chicago Southland casino could open sometime next week, after final approval from the Illinois ...
29 City Council members call special meeting to shoot down Johnson's $300 million property tax increase
The Chicago City Council could vote next week to take the mayor’s proposed tax increase off the table. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times ...
Democrats go dark on education
K-12 education was a top political concern for Democrats up until everyone realized how terribly they managed it.
Johnson’s proposed tax hike under fire at city council
An estimated 37 of 50 aldermen wouldn’t vote for a 4 percent increase to help cover the city’s $982 million budget shortfall.
Chicago begins automated ticketing of drivers parked in bike, bus lanes
The pilot program uses cameras on eight city vehicles to enforce parking violations and is also set to rely on cameras to be ...
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Pepsi facility lays off workers, Sims Metal permit public comment, and unclaimed property
Pepsi facility abruptly lays off workers On the last Monday of October, as PepsiCo workers showed up to the company’s Back of the Yards facility before sunrise, they were surprised to learn that ...
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Majority of City Council wants to vote down $300 million property tax hike
Trying to prove that Mayor Brandon Johnson does not have the votes to pass ... More are expected to sign on with the council ...
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Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...
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Chicagoans React To Trump Victory: ‘The Democrats Have Some Soul-Searching To Do’
Block Club reporters went into the neighborhoods to talk to voters after the biggest GOP bump in Chicago since 1992.
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
Civic Federation blasts Johnson’s property tax increase plan
Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson is warning Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be careful about what he wishes for in proposing a new $300 million property tax increase. The city faces a nearly ...