Tag: Chicago

Taxpayers paid nearly $600,000 to rehab this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 4419 N. Kimball Ave. in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood with amenities like granite countertops and hardwood floors -- and it wound up selling for less than $200,000, an investigation by the Chicago Reporter found. More was spent on this single home than on rehabbing homes in the entire Roseland neighborhood, the Reporter found. (Photo: SpotProperty)

HUD money puts ‘luxury finishes’ on houses while Chicago’s hard-hit neighborhoods suffer

Kelly Cohen · May 26, 2014 1:46 pm

Chicago Cubs-rooftop owners rivalry heats up

DON BABWINJASON KEYSER · May 22, 2014 7:01 pm

Stockton running back T.J. Knutson (34) runs for a touchdown during the third quarter of the IHSA Class 1A high school championship football game against Maroa-Forsyth, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Maroa-Forsyth won 48-24. (AP Photo/Bradley Leeb)

Illinois High School Association: Salaries up, revenues down

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Slow start for Chicago private infrastructure plan

Jason Keyser · May 16, 2014 6:48 pm

Blackhawks, WGN-TV extend TV deal

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 10:05 pm

John Bills, 52, a retired Chicago official who managed one of the nation's largest red-light camera programs, leaves the federal building after an initial hearing in Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, after his arrest by federal authorities. Bills is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, an Arizona condominium and other gifts to steer $124 million in city contracts to Phoenix-based Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Kevin Tanaka) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

Ex-Chicago official charged in red-light program

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 2:13 am

Chicago airports returning to normal after halt

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 12:33 pm

Radar center problem snarls Chicago air traffic

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 2:34 am

Chicago Hope

Titus · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Poll: ‘Rahm Re-Election on Ropes’; Only 29 Percent Would Vote for Him Today

Daniel Halper · May 11, 2014 2:34 pm

Paper Savages Rahm: ‘An Elitist Whose Swagger Doesn’t Match His Triumphs’

Daniel Halper · May 7, 2014 11:02 am

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaks at a packed meeting of the Chicago Board of Education Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Chicago. The board is expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to close 53 schools, an ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define â for better or worse â Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago teachers will forgo 4th year of contact

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am