New schedule for faster trains between Chicago and St. Louis Trains on the schedule are traveling up to 110 mph. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2023
Picture Chicago: This week’s 13 can’t miss Sun-Times photos The city celebrates Juneteenth, a free camp teaches kids with autism how to sail, and vintage business signs across Chicago could see protection under a proposed ordinance. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 23, 2023
Cook County’s good news and bad news: No new taxes or fees — but deficit now projected at $86 million While the estimated budget hole is larger than the $18.2 million gap projected last year, it is one of the county’s smallest deficits in the last decade. Government leaders said that hiring hasn’t budged much in the past year. “We do need to staff up,” Cook County Board President Preckwinkle… Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 22, 2023
Effort revs up to phase out ‘sub-minimum wage’ for tipped workers The “One Fair Wage” campaign wants tipped workers to make the same minimum wage as anyone else in Chicago. Tipped workers instead are paid $9. On July 1, that rises to $9.48 and the $15-an-hour minimum wage goes to $15.80. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 21, 2023
A visit to cat heaven Fat Cat Rescue in Wadsworth provides a safe haven for hundreds of feral cats. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 18, 2023
Businessman James Weiss guilty of bribing 2 Illinois lawmakers The verdict is the second in less than two months to address separate bribery schemes inside the Illinois Capitol. Weiss is a son-in-law of former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023
Bears’ Teven Jenkins in a comfort zone at left guard The 2021 second-round draft pick is making yet another transition after starting 11 games at right guard last season. But he’s happy to be in one spot. “It lets me actually get good at my craft,” he said. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023
Johnson tells CFD grads he’s ‘committed to investing in the work that you do’ In his first firefighter graduation ceremony as mayor, Brandon Johnson told the graduates that leaders in “my administration are also here to support you and to lift you up in your service.” Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023
Northwestern drives toward goal line on $800 million Ryan Field project Facing opposition in Evanston, university officials want to see action soon on the plans to make the stadium suitable for concerts and other events. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023
Picture Chicago: 18 can’t miss Sun-Times’ photos Taylor Swift and her Swifties took over the city, a giant pigeon was spotted in Welles Park, and Chicago Public Schools students started summer break. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 9, 2023
Vendors forced out of Little Village Discount Mall have mixed success beyond it Several in the group of about 40 vendors have tried different means of remaining in business after their half of the mall shuttered, but business isn’t the same and they feel isolated without one another. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 5, 2023
Taylor Swift conquers Chicago in first of three sold-out Soldier Field shows The music superstar held more than 60,000 fans in the palm of her hand during her Friday night concert in Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 3, 2023
Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the week in news Falcons in the Loop, kayakers enjoying the river, highlights from Sueños Music Festival and more in our best photos from the last week. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023
Dive-bombing falcon strikes Loop commuter: ‘It felt like a 16-inch softball’ Chuck Valauskas is recovering from a 1-inch gash on his head. A family of falcons has made its nest on a Wacker Drive high-rise, and the momma is protective of her young, an expert says. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023 Inside the political survival of Chicago City Council dean Ald. Walter Burnett expected to be stuck in the political wilderness. Instead, he became vice-mayor, with a $400,000 budget, keeping the staff he had as chair of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 30, 2023 Love, luck, loss: How Lisa Rezin lived is a lesson for all of us Michigan woman showered her family with love.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023 Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting certain to be tamer than Lightfoot’s Senior adviser Jason Lee said the mayor has been doing some rehearsing to make sure he’s comfortable with the gavel in his hand and running the meeting smoothly.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 22, 2023 Taking guns off the street, one at a time St. Sabina Catholic Church held its annual gun buyback event Monday.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2023 Picture Chicago: 18 of the best Sun-Times photos this week A mournful city said goodbye to Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston, Mayor Brandon Johnson was sworn in, and hundreds gathered in Evanston to celebrate Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander art and culture.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023 7 takeaways from the inauguration of Brandon Johnson — including an awkward hug Chicago’s new mayor delivered his inaugural address to a cheering crowd on Monday. Before his swearing in, he shared an embrace with former Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023 History, humility, hope — and a few hugs — mark swearing in of younger, more diverse City Council: ‘We need a fresh start’ New members said they were moved by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inaugural address and caught up in the excitement of taking the oath of office. “It’s a new day in the city of Chicago,” said freshman Ald. Lamont Robinson (4th).
Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023 Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023 ‘Soul’ searching: Johnson takes office, vows ‘to tell a different story’ of ‘a brand new Chicago’ At 10:59 a.m., a beaming and clapping Johnson was introduced to the crowd, followed by his wife, Stacie, and their three children: Owen, 15; Ethan, 11; and Braedyn, 8.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023 Johnson’s biggest challenge in delivering inaugural address: avoid Lightfoot’s mistake Lightfoot denounced the City Council as corrupt, then turned around and shamed all 50 members, who were seated behind her, into joining the cheering crowd in a standing ovation for reform,
Chicago Sun-Times · May 10, 2023 Ex-state senator who did prison time over job that required ‘little to no work’ finds work on the outside — as a state lobbyist Ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleaded guilty last summer to embezzling funds from a labor union and was sentenced to more than a year in prison. But he was released early — and 11 days later, he registered as a lobbyist with a public relations and government affairs firm.