For once, the City of Chicago failed to find a taker in a bid to privatize a city service and, as a result will be paying overtime to plow drivers this coming winter. We've already heard promises of preparation but this new call came from Mayor Daley himself at a press conference earlier today. Still smarting from last year's attempt to cut costs by skimping on side-street plowing and scaling back on overtime pay, Daley promised the streets would cleared efficiently this coming winter: "You have to do an effective job on the major streets and get to the side streets as fast as possible." more ›

We live in an uncertain world. So once in a while, it’s nice to be reassured of certain basic truths. For instance, last night when you went to bed, you probably knew that little kids don’t like vegetables. Good news: a new day has dawned yet kids would rather eat chicken fingers, pizza, hamburgers and mac and cheese. Or at least that’s what restaurants think. A survey by Technomic Information Services said that out of... more ›