Also, City Council Black Caucus chair Roderick Sawyer criticizes Garry McCarthy for being “disrespectful to black people.”
Tag: restaurant closings
J.B. Pritzker under fire for comments about African-American elected officials in newly released Blagojevich tape, and other Chicago news
Also, Jeanne Ives is “a little bit surprised at some of the hysteria” over controversial campaign ad.
Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
Illinois’s late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women’s March.
Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news
Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.
Patti Blagojevich slams Rauner’s campaign ad using Blagojevich FBI wiretap, and other Chicago news
Also, public health officials warn passengers about a possible measles exposure at O’Hare.
Judge blocks last-minute conservative attempt to prevent new Illinois abortion law from taking effect Monday, and other Chicago news
Also, Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. is running for a Cook County judgeship.
E-mails about the veterans’ home Legionnaires’ crisis reveal what the state knew, and other Chicago news
Also, Grace restaurant has closed its door for good.
Susana Mendoza: Rauner can’t handle her criticism, and other Chicago news
Also, West Town’s Green Zebra restaurant is closing after 13 years of business.
Conductor James Levine accused of sexual misconduct during his time as Ravinia’s music director, and other Chicago news
Also, Jim DeRogatis asks why the music industry has given R. Kelly a free pass despite numerous sexual misconduct allegations.
Cook County commissioner wants to add marijuana legalization referendum to March 2018 ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, Emanuel slams Trump for “pointing fingers” at Chicago again.
Chicagoan, former Trump aide pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI, and other news
Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.
The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
Congressman Luis Gutierrez wants the military to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, and other Chicago news
Also, more than 1,000 people turned out for Kenneka Jenkins’s funeral.
Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news
Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation’s top public high school in a new set of rankings.