Strike gets OK
11/04/2009
Hotel workers authorized a strike against Starwood Hotels & Resorts at five of their Chicago locations last week as friction over contract negotiations continued to escalate. Read more...
Who's in the 7th District race
11/04/2009
The deadline for filing signatures to be on the Feb. 2, 2010, primary ballot for the 7th District congressional seat was Nov. 2. Thirteen candidates have tossed their hat in the ring - one Republican, one Green and 11 Democrats. Read more...
Making grapes potent
God made only water but man made wine. - Victor Hugo
10/28/2009
Two thousand pounds of macerated Cabernet grapes, left to ferment in close quarters for a week, create a near-staggering aroma. In a Jackson Street basement on a recent Saturday, the air was so thick with winey fruit it was intoxicating just to breathe. Read More...
Contenders and pretenders
In the 7th Congressional District, incumbent Davis keeps his options open
10/28/2009
The basement of the Cook County building downtown was transformed Monday into a political spin room. Candidates for a range of elected offices - from the relatively obscure to those that will draw the klieg lights - lined up, supporters in tow, guarding the petitions they’d be turning over to county Board of Elections staffers to ensure their place on the Feb. 2, 2010, ballot. Read More...
Data storage center could rise
Concerns about retail, landscaping, noise
10/28/2009
Web Extra! See renderings from the project
McHugh Construction Co. wants to construct a new data storage center on
the southwest corner of Cermak and Indiana, a parcel currently used for
surface-level parking. Read More...
Brown says she's the most qualified
Court clerk wants to head county board
10/28/2009
The press e-mails pushed out by Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s campaign for county board president always end with an italicized reminder to the reporters and editors receiving them: "She is a CPA, has an MBA, holds a law degree, and has the executive management experience and financial background to set Cook County’s financial house in order." Read More...
New kind of fray for Tresser
Activist, teacher jumps into county board prez race
10/28/2009
Still warm from a victory against the Chicago 2016 bid team, No Games Chicago leader Tom Tresser has declared he is running for Cook County board president. Read More...
Brit closes
Davies reportedly scores old post office for nearly $21 million
10/28/2009
Bill Davies, the British real estate developer, closed on the old main downtown post office last week for an undisclosed amount. The structure, which hangs over the Eisenhower Expressway, has been empty since 1996, when the postal service moved into the Cardiss Collins branch, located immediately south of the old main structure. Read more...
Wild things
10/28/2009
Rashid Jackson and Destiny Yarbrough, fifth graders at Dett Elementary School, 2306 W. Maypole, painted a mural inspired by the book "Where the Wild Things Are." Steelmaker ArcelorMittal has adopted the school, and sponsored the effort. Read More...
Nintendo stolen on Brown Line
10/28/2009
A man entered a CTA Brown Line train in the 200 block of N. Clark Oct. 11 at 11:55 p.m. when a man in a light brown coat approached and asked him for change. The man told the panhandler he didn’t have any change. Both men continued to ride the train. Read more...