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When new TIFs are proposed, opponents cry, "Show us the blight." Here's what the term means — by law.
"Edens Collection" would include 15 new retail shops where Foster Avenue meets the Edens Expy.
Alderman calls for 300,000-square-foot Zenith plant to be demolished.
Corporate and local leaders held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new location on Thursday.
Other improvements include turf fields at Schurz High School and Farnsworth Elementary School.
University should give schools a cut of the money since TIF funds were used in project, activists say.
The TIF-funded distribution site will employ at least 150 people by the time it opens in early 2018.
Pawar ID'd $16.5 million in TIF surplus in the 47th Ward, and urges other flush aldermen to do the same.
Residents made it clear at Monday's town hall that they're not happy with the mayor's proposed budget.
Ald. Ameya Pawar and challenger Rory Fiedler met Wednesday night at a 47th Ward candidate forum.
Neighborhood leaders say kids near Kells Park need a community center, especially on winter snow days.
At a 33rd Ward candidate forum, challengers said partronage and nepotism "needs to end."
Hear more about the plans for Welles Park's new playground at a community meeting Thursday.
The CivicLab's TIF Illumination Project brings its ward-by-ward roadshow to the 33rd on Thursday.
The 11th Ward is guilty of corporate giveaways, a civic group says.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
The nation's largest bike maker is soliciting bids for a retail build-out at 1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The violent robbery could be connected to four other robberies in the area, police said.
We looked at the data behind thousands of cellphones reported stolen in Chicago since January 2016.
Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.