Crain’s Chicago Business, taking note of the disappearance of Communication X9, a tall, multicolored sentinel of a sculpture that stood in front of the building at 150 N. Michigan that houses its office, reports that the family of the artist, Yaacov Agam, a 90-year-old Israeli living in Paris, is upset about it. Building management told […]
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Falling enrollments may lead to more Chicago Public Schools closings when the moratorium ends in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Michigan Avenue Black Friday protests smaller than in recent years.
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Chicago officials take a page from Trump playbook to justify Navy Pier TIF ‘shell game’
The Emanuel administration’s explanation for how $55 million wound up paying for Navy Pier renovations sounds like gobbledygook from the presidential administration.
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Why Chicago’s once-promising food truck scene stalled out
As food trucks have flourished in other U.S. cities, the mobile food industry in Chicago has been systematically immobilized by legislative opposition, onerous red tape, costly fines, and the pro-restaurant lobby.
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New Madigan documentary surprises some of the people in it
New Michael Madigan documentary surprises some people who didn’t know the Illinois Policy Institute was behind it.
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Forgive Phil Ponce his unpleasant questions to Chuy
Were questions about Chuy Garcia’s son unfair?
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Correcting Crain’s on TIFs
If columnists keep pushing the mayor’s line on TIFs, that leaves Mayor Rahm free to keep using the $400 million-a-year program as his slush fund.
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Fib checking Rahm in the mayoral debates
Emanuel stretches the truth to make a moving point.
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Did the Sun-Times undermine itself by endorsing Bruce Rauner?
As a sidelined reporter hires an attorney, the Sun-Times endorses a former investor for governor.
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Bruce Rauner’s ethical dilemma
The GOP candidate for governor would like you to forget about his daughter’s admission to Payton College Prep.
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The Michael Reese fleece
Unable to afford school janitors, the city makes the first of many million dollar payments to buy Michael Reese hospital from Medline.
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Zoom in: Lincoln Park
Currently under construction in Lincoln Park, the Morningstar Mansion can make a case for its own zip code.
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Reporting that finds everything just dandy has trouble passing the sniff test
The doting reporter—journalism’s new breed
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Bill Daley and Bruce Rauner: Birds of a feather
Why is the former candidate dissing his party’s incumbent?
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Rauner announces he’s running for governor, doesn’t mention Payton Prep charge
On a Republican hopeful, and the issue he hopes will go away.