Extra Extra: Preckwinkle Calls For County Sales Tax Hike
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is pushing for a 1 percent sales tax increase for the county. [Tribune]
A look back on the now-defunct Madison and Wabash CTA Station, which came down this month to make way for a new Loop "superstation." [Tribune]
A woman who was groped on the street in Wicker Park credits a Streets and Sanitation worker with keeping the alleged groper from escaping before the police showed up.[DNAinfo]
Students at Senn High School are raising money to help undocumented students pay for college. [DNAinfo]
The median sale price for a Chicago condo was at $320,000 in May—up by 2.9 percent from May of 2014. [DNAinfo]
Keep up with Chicagoist on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you by signing up for our newsletter. Feel free to purchase some official Chicagoist merchandise.