Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) talks about the collaboration between City Council and the Chicago Police Department to adjust the city's curfew strategy for unruly minors. Chicago may soon give police ...

The City Club of Chicago and the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice are partnering on an ongoing event series that explores the many ways that local leaders ...

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The founder of acclaimed Chicago Lebanese-Mexican restaurant Evette’s, Mitchell Abou Jamra, just opened an outpost of his sandwich shop All Too Well in Culver City. This is the second location ...

The Chicago City Council is expected to vote on April 16 on an ordinance that would allow drivers and insurers to sue rogue tow truck drivers. Towing companies could face new regulations under an ...

Additionally, Chicago became the home of the James Beard Awards – an award honoring American chefs – in 2015, which became a badge of honor for the city and its food, she noted. “We have 19 ...

In late March, the city-run Chicago Animal Care and Control partnered with rescue groups for a weekend-long adoption event that led to about 60 animals from the city shelter finding new homes. Armando ...

Contractors that work with the city of Chicago have been asked to trim their invoices to the city, according to a letter the city’s procurement office sent businesses last month. A copy of the ...

They might nonetheless soon lose their ability to hold Chicago government jobs. The City Council Workforce Development Committee advanced a measure Wednesday to ban anyone convicted of ...

However, the game really changed with the launch of EXPO CHICAGO by president and director Tony Karman, who transformed the fair into a high-voltage catalyst for the city’s cultural revival ...

Chicago in and of itself is an innovative marvel to behold. Established on soggy land adjacent to Lake Michigan, the city underwent major architectural efforts to physically raise the urban area to ...

ART21: Talk more about this combination of the city planner/artist. GATES: One of the tricks that I’ve had to figure out in my head is [how] to describe to other people what I do. I say I wear three ...