Extra Extra: Rahm Emanuel Goes To Israel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves for Israel on Friday. He is taking his daughter to Israel to mark her bat mitzvah, but he's mixing in a little work, too, as he will attend the Israeli Presidential Conference June 18 to 20 in Jerusalem. [Tribune]
A Nobel Prize-winning economist from the University of Chicago has died. Robert W. Fogel was 86. [Crain's]
Why has food stamp use in Illinois exploded? [Chicago Mag]
An Amtrak train traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago hit a tractor in central Indiana. [Tribune]
This Blackhawks superfan hasn't missed a game since 1966. [CBS]
DuPage County still thinks it can woo the Cubs away from Wrigley Field. [Sun-Times]
What states are good and bad at: Illinois is good at making nuclear energy, bad at waste cleanup. That's not a great combination. [Upworthy]