The decennial redrawing of Chicago’s 50 ward boundaries is messy and anything but transparent. Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls the current map an obvious case of gerrymandering, and says it’s bad for Chicago residents.
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Jun 6, 2019 |
An analysis of 500 U.S. cities by NYU School of Medicine offers a startling view of Chicago, but a local physician says the city’s health inequities have been known for years. What’s causing that gap, and how can it be addressed?
May 6, 2019 |
Ready for even more rain? A look at how local tunnels and reservoirs handled the wettest week in years – and what’s next.
May 2, 2019 |
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas offers some last-minute tips ahead of the annual tax sale.
May 1, 2019 |
A youth basketball league from the 1940s and ‘50s is a reminder of Japanese American internment during World War II. Geoffrey Baer has that story and more in this edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Apr 30, 2019 |
A day after meeting with Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson gave a first look at his plans to combat summer violence increases.
Apr 24, 2019 |
Geoffrey Baer deposits some knowledge about buildings left behind by the banking panics of the Great Depression.
Apr 15, 2019 |
The difference between graffiti and public art is generally in the eye of the beholder – and for some, they are one in the same. But discerning between the two will get a little easier for city crews in Chicago.
Apr 10, 2019 |
A semi-pro baseball team once bested the big leagues on the Northwest Side. Geoffrey Baer takes a swing at local baseball history and its “outlaw clubs.”
Apr 10, 2019 |
After months of debate, the controversial $1 billion public subsidy for Lincoln Yards is now law. City Council approved the measure hours after Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot softened her opposition to the project.
Apr 3, 2019 |
More than 2,800 streets make up Chicago’s famous grid, and city planners and developers drew the streets’ names from all sorts of people and places – including some of our own politicians.
Longtime Ald. O’Connor defeated by democratic socialist 40th Ward
In an upset, longtime Ald. Patrick O’Connor was unseated Tuesday by former rapper Andre Vasquez. How the runoff played out in other wards across the city.
Mar 28, 2019 |
How a new meal delivery pilot program is trying to reduce hospital and doctor visits in Chicago neighborhoods where healthy eating is out of reach.
Mar 25, 2019 |
A volatile winter has left the city’s streets cratered with potholes. What the city is doing to patch them up.
Mar 15, 2019 |
In a sign that spring is on the way, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation on Monday will begin removing items used to (unofficially) reserve parking spots during winter.
Mar 7, 2019 |
The massive $6 billion Lincoln Yards development has nearly passed through all of its regulatory hurdles.
