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Lincoln Yards site is poised for new chapter, but debate over what went wrong with the stalled project continues
Gloor first spoke out as Lightfoot was leaving office in 2023. He said her administration was slow in issuing needed ...
Lincoln Yards was supposed to transform the North Side. What went wrong?
Developer Sterling Bay is losing the Lincoln Park site to impatient lenders. Now, Chicago's JDL Development is close to ...
Crain's Chicago Business1d
Ald. Walter Burnett in the running to lead the Chicago Housing Authority
Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...
Future of NASCAR's downtown Chicago weekend is unclear going into the third year of contract
When it comes to NASCAR’s return to downtown Chicago, Julie Giese has a long list of responsibilities. The track president is ...
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IL: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t conduct formal national search for CTA head despite claiming otherwise, records show
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration never undertook a formalized national search for a new Chicago Transit Authority ...
Sterling Bay parries more jabs from Lori Lightfoot
Developer Sterling Bay and former Mayor Lori Lightfoot are trading fresh barbs over the collapse of the $6 billion Chicago ...
Crain's Chicago Business29d
Amid anti-DEI orders, Lori Lightfoot reflects on equity-focused pandemic response - Crain's Chicago Business
The sobering news, delivered by then-city Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, led within days to the formation of what was to become a model response to COVID, Lightfoot said, the Racial ...
Chicago Sun-Times4d
Lightfoot announces $3.1 million in grants to strengthen mental health system
Mayor Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to re-open six mental health clinics her predecessor shut down, but her 2020 budget kept them closed. Instead, Lightfoot earmarked $9.3 million to ...