Cook County may raise the sales tax next week, and the fight over how to manage those finances is heating back up. Todd Stroger, who has been noncommittal in his support of the increase until now, called for the special board meeting Monday to consider raising the county sales tax 266 percent, from .75 percent to 2.75 percent, in an attempt to cover a projected budget shortfall of $307 million next year. Opponents were quick... more ›

Quick, name the top five chefs in Chicago. Now name the five most famous chefs in the country. While the cuisines may vary from Grant Achatz's "molecular gastronomy" to Mario Batali's classic Italian, the one thing that most — or all — of these chefs have in common is the pale, pale, color of their skin. As Maureen Jenkins writes in today's Sun-Times, "the shortage of chefs of African descent is noteworthy if only by... more ›

Final Call! It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good... more ›

It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Finally, if you've got some time on the weekends that you'd like to kill, we'd like to get a person or two to write some weekend posts. more ›

It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Finally, if you've got some time on the weekends that you'd like to kill, we'd like to get a person or two to write some weekend posts. more ›

With Chicago being the number three market in the country, you’d expect that when Howard Stern departs Infinity for the greener ($$$) pastures of Sirius satellite radio, he’d be replaced here with a marquee name befitting the great radio history of Chicago. Or Adam Carolla. Instead, Infinity chose to go with…Rover. *crickets chirping* Allow us to explain why: Infinity is hoping that the Glen Ellyn-born Rover (whose real name, Shane French, sounds much cooler in... more ›