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Anti-gentrification ordinance now in effect for Northwest Side neighborhoods
A new housing policy aimed at slowing gentrification and displacement in some of Chicago’s hottest real estate markets went into effect this week. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Broadway in Chicago CEO Lou Raizin on theater’s COVID comeback
Earlier this year, Broadway in Chicago sent its production of Death Becomes Her to Broadway. Now the downtown theater producer is staging Harry Po…
1 year, 8 months ago
Chicago’s Schools CEO says thinks CPS need more money, not less
CPS Chief Pedro Martinez is publicly speaking publicly about the dispute that led Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to ask him to step down, and to the r…
1 year, 8 months ago
Lurie Children's pediatric psychologist Doctor Lauren Pothoff advises Ukrainian charity workers and therapists
As the war in Ukraine continues – Lurie Children's pediatric psychologist Doctor Lauren Pothoff advises Ukrainian charity workers and therapists abou…
1 year, 8 months ago
In the wake of Sonya Massey’s death, Springfield will test a new model for handling mental health calls
36-year-old Sonya Massey was seeking mental health treatment up until the day she died. Her death at the hands of former Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Gr…
1 year, 8 months ago
What will Mike Madigan’s federal corruption trial entail? Hear from the experts.
The federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain gets underway today. It’s been year…
1 year, 8 months ago
An international chess tournament got underway this morning in the Cook County jail
In a room of the Chicago jailhouse - walls were covered in flags representing other nations – like Mexico, Switzerland and Brazil. The tournament …
1 year, 8 months ago
Illinois has the capacity to meet just 24% of the mental health needs of the state
To help close the gap in the city, a pilot program called “Healing Arts Chicago” is getting creative by training local artists to serve as community …
1 year, 8 months ago
Mayor Brandon Johnson names all new CPS school board after mass resignations
On Friday, the mayor’s office said all seven of his handpicked board members were resigning amid acrimony over the direction of the school district. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Migrant organizers work to calm chaos at a South Side Home Depot
You might have noticed groups of day laborers, many of them newly arrived migrants, available for hire outside your local Home Depot. In some pla…
1 year, 8 months ago