Posted Updating Grant Park to Chicagoist
Photo by David Paul Ohmer. No sooner had the Chicago Park District made news for considering layoffs and fee increases to balance it's nearly $400 million budget than it made news again, this time for asking...
Posted Illinois Broke, Can't Afford Social Services to Chicagoist
Amid the myriad financial problems facing the state of Illinois these days, paying for social services is one more. Both the Courier-News and the Batavia Sun profiled social services in the state - a women and...
Posted Ald. Reilly Drops the Science on TIF Supporters to Chicagoist
Photo by wallyg. 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly, who represents the north end of Chicago's downtown, is opposing efforts by the city's commercial property owners to establish a TIF district in the East Loop, bounded by...
Posted More Signs of Recovery to Chicagoist
Chrysler will start a temporary second shift at its Belvidere, Illinois plant later this month to boost production of its popular Dodge Caliber line. The company wanted to increase production in October, but delayed the move due...