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real-estate
  • by david hall
La Salle Street is getting 1,000 new apartments, but first comes navigating conversions and code

Plans to add housing in the downtown corridor will help reinvigorate the district, architects and developers said, but there are still construction challenges with turning office spaces into residential units.

crime
  • by david hall
31st Street Beach should close at 9 p.m. due to violence, Ald. Lamont Robinson says

Three people have been killed in separate shootings this week near the beach.

usa-vs-edward-burke
  • by david hall
Chicago's once-powerful Ed Burke faces sentencing Monday, 'very humbling' days could be ahead

Nearly a decade has passed since an Illinois politician as significant as Burke faced sentencing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. The need to send a message to others is sure to be on the judge’s mind when she makes her decision.

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois a blue haven for gender-affirming care, but LGBTQ+ advocates say housing, safety still a concern

Two measures to further protect transgender people are awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature. But advocates say there’s more the state can do to help the LGBTQ+ community.