• According to the Trib, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is accompanying President Obama on the quick trip to Copenhagen. We're guessing they sneaked out before Sen. Burris knew they were gone.
• Speaking of Obama, once tomorrow's Olympic announcement is out of the way, he'll send Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago to follow up on the Derrion Albert attack.
• We're not the only ones going all-in on the 2016 announcement; our pals at The Reader have a lot of great coverage of their own.

It isn't just local developers and regular homeowners that are having a hard time in the current housing market. Crain's Chicago Business is reporting that even the Chicago Housing Authority is feeling the pinch. more ›

The museum will also serve to tell stories behind the Chicago Housing Authority’s $1.6 billion Plan for Transformation, during which thousands of public housing residents have been displaced for reconstruction. Current and former public housing residents are being encouraged to contribute to the museum by sharing personal stories and donating artifacts and “memorabilia." more ›