Chicago police officers mandated to take time off, breaks between shifts in wake of scathing city analysis
Chicago Police have announced new scheduling mandates to benefit police officers after a city analysis discovered over 1,100 officers had worked 13 days straight.
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot in Europe touting city's 'thriving economy' as businesses flee city
Chicago's Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot is in Europe promoting her city's economy after several large corporations have decided to move out of the area.
Boeing moving headquarters to Washington, DC, area from Chicago
The Arlington, Virginia, headquarters, which will be focused on Boeing's defense, space and security division, will establish a research and technology hub to attract engineering talent and develop innovations in cybersecurity, autonomous operations, quantum sciences and software, and systems engineering.
Chicago Public Schools closed despite receiving nearly $2.8B in federal COVID funding
The Chicago Public Schools system is projected to receive nearly $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus aid intended to help schools reopen, but they are closed to start off the new year.
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot says businesses are 'grateful' for her vaccine mandate
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that business owners in her city are "grateful" that she imposed a vaccine mandate for restaurants and other venues as the city attempts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
Chicago small businesses suffer from crime plague with no 'effort' from city to stop it
Chicago businesses are suffering and asking for help as theft crimes increase in the city.
Chicago mandates vaccines for restaurants, bars, and gyms amid COVID-19 surge
Chicago became the latest big city on Tuesday to announce a vaccine mandate for any public place that serves food and drinks, including bars, restaurants, sports stadiums, entertainment venues, and more.
Jussie Smollett's hate crime investigation cost Chicago $130,000
Chicago's police investigation into "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax cost the $130,000.
Chicago mayor blames retailers for not doing enough to fight organized theft
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed retailers for not making safety a priority amid a string of smash-and-grab thefts at retail stores in recent months.
Chicago and DC mayors promote Black-owned businesses on Black Friday
The mayors of Chicago and Washington, D.C., both promoted Black-owned businesses on Black Friday.
McDonald’s CEO apologizes after uproar over texts about children’s deaths
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski apologized last Friday after it was revealed in a text exchange he had with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this year he said the parents of two children killed in shootings had been "failed" by their parents.
'Racist' texts from McDonald's CEO to Lori Lightfoot on Chicago shootings met with swift backlash
CEO of McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski is facing backlash after a text he sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed he blamed parents for the recent fatal shootings of two kids in the city.
Biden visit to Clayco, whose CEO is Dem donor, raises eyebrows
President Biden’s official visit to the Clayco Inc. construction site near Chicago on Thursday comes after the company’s CEO donated more than $137,000 to the president's 2020 campaign.
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin says Citadel may bail on troubled Chicago
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin says he might move Citadel's headquarters out of Chicago due to the city's crime problems
Rahm Emanuel made millions after controversial tenure as Chicago mayor, financial disclosure shows
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whose nomination to become U.S. ambassador to Japan has outraged progressives, raked in millions of dollars since leaving office more than two years ago.
Family of Al Capone to sell notorious mobster's treasures at auction: 'A very complex person'
Some 175 artifacts and mementos from the Prohibition Era, including his favorite guns, vintage prints featuring the infamous crime lord with various members of his family, letters written by Capone to his son while at Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary.
As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police
Last summer, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser played a high-profile role in the protests sweeping America over police killings of Black suspects. She renamed a street Black Lives Matter Plaza and joined thousands of demonstrators there, many shouting what had become the movement’s slogan: “Defund the police!”
Barstool Sports to open sports bars in Philadelphia and Chicago
Philadelphia and Chicago are getting Barstool Sports-branded sports bars, according to the Pennsylvania-based gaming company that owns a minority stake in the company.
Despite efforts to defund police, these Democrat-led cities spent millions on private security for mayors
As crime surges across the nation, Democratic mayors in approximately 20 U.S. cities that have called for defunding the police have received millions in taxpayer funds towards their own personal security details, according to a new report.
Austin, Texas, ranks top for tech worker migration, LinkedIn data shows
Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee and Charlotte, North Carolina rank as the top three cities to see the largest inflow of tech-related job migration over the past 12 months, according to new data provided by LinkedIn.