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  • Wirepoints pinpoints myriad obstacles for Chicago's remaining middle class

    by Carrie Bradon | Feb 22, 2019

    According to an article in WBEZ News, the middle class is now nearly nonexistent in Chicago, which is causing concern among those who fear the changes this shift will bring with it.

  • Investigation uncovers possible patronage hire at CTA's Diversity Office

    by Robert Hadley | Feb 22, 2019

    The husband of a state legislator allegedly received special consideration when the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) hired him in what appears to be an illegal patronage hire.

  • Cook County paid more than $1.23 million in worker’s comp benefits in January

    by LGIS News Service | Feb 22, 2019

    Cook County paid out more than $1.23 million in worker’s compensation benefits last month, according to records obtained by Chicago City Wire through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

  • COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL: Cook County Health Calls For Stricter Gun Regulation on Anniversary of Parkland Shooting

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Cook County Health (CCH) urges legislators to take action to reduce gun violence on the first anniversary that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

  • ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Big Decline in Hospitalizations for Kids

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Major changes in child-focused policy (eg, insurance coverage) and practice (care coordination) over the last two decades have led to substantive changes in pediatric clinical care

  • ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Promise of New Treatments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Discoveries in the lab of Youyang Zhao, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s, hold promise of new treatments for patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe lung disease with three-year survival rate of 50 percent

  • AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: State Senate votes for $15 minimum wage

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    A bill to raise Illinois' minimum wage passed the state Senate on partisan lines on Feb. 7 after Gov. J.B. Pritzker made a personal appeal to Democratic lawmakers at a private caucus prior to the vote.

  • AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Willie D. Freeman, Prominent West Side singer dies at 75

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Local West Side blues and soul singer Willie D. Freeman, 75, of Austin, died on Feb. 7, after a long illness, according to his wife, Gladys.

  • CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: The Innovator's Guide to Chicago

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Join us on 2/27 for @Chi_Innovation’s The Innovator's Guide to Chicago!

  • CITY OF CHICAGO: Mayor Emanuel Continues Effort To Protect Youth By Filing Suit Against Another 27 Online Sellers Of E-Cigarettes And E-Liquids

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner (BACP) Rosa Escareno today announced that the City of Chicago is filing a lawsuit against 27 online sellers of e-cigarettes and vaping liquids and citing 4 retail stores in Chicago with illegal sales of products to minors.

  • ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: What is “Dragon’s Breath”?

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    A growing trend called “Dragon’s Breath” adds a shocking fog-like twist to food and risk of serious injury to anyone eating, drinking or handling it.

  • ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: Should you be spanking your kids?

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Corporal punishment – described as use of physical force to punish a child – is a divisive issue in the parenting world, with some parents squarely swearing by or against it.

  • CITY OF CHICAGO: Mayor Emanuel Announces Sale of Last Vacant Dominick’s Store in Chicago

    by Press release submission | Feb 16, 2019

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the completion of a $10 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement between the City of Chicago and Shop & Save market to redevelop the last vacant Dominick’s in South Shore into a full-service grocery store.

  • Lowering taxes at top of list for self-made man, mayoral candidate Wilson

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 16, 2019

    In Willie Wilson’s mind, Chicago's city government needs to be reined in.

  • Analyst: Preckwinkle's 'thinking on crime is wrongheaded in every important respect'

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 15, 2019

    Rafael A. Mangual says he wonders if Chicago would be in good hands with Toni Preckwinkle as its next mayor.

  • Hernandez endorsement: Mayoral candidate Wilson outshines 'tired old players' in Chicago

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 15, 2019

    Republican committeeman of the 38th Ward Chuck Hernandez is hoping to send a “strong” message throughout the world of Chicago politics by endorsing democrat Willie Wilson’s run for mayor.

  • Wilson gains two more endorsements for mayoral run as Tenuta, NWSGOP make it official

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 15, 2019

    Sammy Tenuta has become the latest republican lawmaker to formally throw his support behind democrat Willie Wilson’s run for mayor of Chicago.

  • GOP chair Morrison backing Wilson for mayor

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 14, 2019

    Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, a Democrat, has secured the endorsement of Cook County Republican Party Chairman Sean M. Morrison.

  • Four mayoral candidates share their views for fixing the education system in Chicago

    by Kyla Asbury | Feb 12, 2019

    Four of Chicago's 14 mayoral candidates at an early childhood education forum on Monday shared how they will fix the city's education system if they are elected.

  • Local investor thinks new taxes would hurt Chicago

    by Glenn Minnis | Feb 11, 2019

    Jeffrey Carter thinks the damage done to Chicago by the tax increase now being proposed would be as immediate as it would be lasting.

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