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Oct 15, 2021
Safety advocates say pandemic behaviors could be to blame for the number of injuries and deaths on roadways.
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Oct 15, 2021
A former Boeing pilot has been indicted by federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, which was later involved in two deadly crashes.
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Oct 15, 2021
Average long-term mortgage rates jumped this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan again breaching 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 that the average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.05% from 2.99% last week.
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Oct 14, 2021
The former head of a North Shore charity for children with disabilities was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than $831,000 from the organization.
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Oct 14, 2021
A spike in the price of natural gas is expected to add between $40 to $60 a month to the typical residential customer bill this winter across Chicago and the suburbs.
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Oct 14, 2021
The home brings Quinn much closer to the Bears' Halas Hall and shortens his commute.
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Oct 14, 2021
Walgreens announced plans last year to open at least 600 Village Medical clinics in Walgreens stores by 2025
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Oct 14, 2021
50% of the 162 residences are sold or occupied
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Oct 14, 2021
United Airlines announced it will launch its biggest expansion of transatlantic service next year, a vote of confidence on the part of the Chicago-based carrier that international travel will rebound from the depths of the pandemic.
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Oct 14, 2021
Walgreens announced plans last year to open at least 600 Village Medical clinics in Walgreens stores by 2025
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Oct 14, 2021
More than 10,000 workers at Moline, Illinois-based Deere & Co. went on strike Thursday after "the company failed to present an agreement that met our members' demands and needs," the union said.
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Oct 13, 2021
The airline, its pilots' union and the Federal Aviation Administration denied flight disruptions resulted from pilots and air traffic controllers walking off their jobs or calling in sick to protest federal vaccination requirements.
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Oct 13, 2021
With hundreds of millions of dollars in investments, and millions of dollars potentially flowing to south suburban communities suffering from poverty and high unemployment, the applicants touted the creation of jobs and potential development that would spring up around casino sites.
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Oct 13, 2021
Metra proposed a $900 million operating budget for 2022 that has no fare increases, but requires an additional $93 million in federal funding as ridership remains stalled at less than a third of pre-pandemic levels.
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Oct 13, 2021
Passenger train service across the Midwest could get a huge boost in the coming decades, with multiple new routes and more frequent trains running out of Chicago, under a concept envisioned by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Oct 13, 2021
For the second year in a row, more Chicago-area malls and retailers will close on Thanksgiving, forcing shoppers to wait until Black Friday to start shopping holiday sales in stores.
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Oct 13, 2021
The airline also expects higher labor costs as it hires thousands of employees to replace some of those who left the company last year
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Oct 13, 2021
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says disappointing job figures in September reflect a hesitancy in some pockets of the country over returning to work as the delta variant still has a grip on the nation.
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Oct 13, 2021
City and Metra officials are eyeing a site that would put a platform just east of Ashland Avenue.
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Oct 13, 2021
City and Metra officials envision a station spanning most of the distance between Ashland and Ogden avenues over tracks that now carry four Metra lines.
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Oct 12, 2021
Loyola Medicine is planning a 70,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in Tinley Park that will result in the closure of Loyola's health care operations in Orland Park
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Oct 12, 2021
City Council proposal could bring up to 12,500 e-scooters to Chicago.
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Oct 12, 2021
Portillo's, the fast casual chain known for hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches and cake shakes, aims to raise up to $405.4 million with its initial public offering.
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Oct 12, 2021
Though it's not yet Halloween, the mail carriers have released their recommended deadlines to ship packages in time for the holidays.
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Oct 12, 2021
One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves.
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Oct 12, 2021
Since February, the number of ambulances going to University of Illinois Hospital each month has doubled to more than 700 some months.
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Oct 12, 2021
Chicago had 300 miles of on-street bikeways at the start of 2021 with plans to add 100 miles of improvements in the next two years.
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Oct 12, 2021
The findings highlight policing practices in Black and Latino neighborhoods in the city, and the unequal distribution of the city's bike lanes and resources.
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Oct 12, 2021
Fifth Third Bank is investing $20 million in South Chicago, the shell of a steel town left standing after the massive South Works plant closed nearly 30 years ago.
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Oct 11, 2021
The vast majority of United Auto Workers union members rejected a contract offer from Deere & Co. Sunday that would have delivered at least 5% raises to the workers who make John Deere tractors and other equipment.
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Oct 11, 2021
Southwest Airlines canceled nearly 200 flights in the Chicago area since Sunday as it continued to struggle with service disruptions across its airport network.
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Oct 11, 2021
Northwestern University announced Monday that Rebecca M. Blank will be the next president of the Evanston-based school.
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Oct 11, 2021
Bulls legend Michael Jordan still has his Highland Park mansion on the market
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Oct 11, 2021
Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday following a weekend of major service disruptions.
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Oct 11, 2021
The location is expected to open next spring.
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Oct 08, 2021
The company did not disclose plans for a future headquarters.
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Oct 08, 2021
Built in 2009, the house has 5½ bathrooms, three fireplaces, oak herringbone floors and crown moldings.
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Oct 08, 2021
Certain items, particularly black replica jerseys, are in short supply.
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Oct 08, 2021
Certain items, particularly black replica jerseys, are in short supply.
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Oct 08, 2021
Severe weather, deteriorating water infrastructure and a burst of recent home improvements have complicated the calculations for sufficient coverage.
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Oct 07, 2021
The new warehouse will incorporate what Amazon calls advanced robotics technology
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Oct 07, 2021
Bandwagon-jumping fans just now getting behind the team may not want to wait to buy their gear: the supply chain issues affecting everything from toilet paper to chicken wings are hitting team apparel, too.
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Oct 06, 2021
An experiential museum that features immersive, whimsical exhibits — and its own brand of ice cream — the Museum of Ice Cream signed a seven-year lease for 13,544 square feet, with plans to open in the spring.
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Oct 06, 2021
The hedge fund manager is Illinois' richest resident, a major philanthropist, a formidable political force and now one of Chicago's harshest critics.
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Oct 06, 2021
With three months until Christmas, the Basic Fun toy company has made an unprecedented decision: leave one-third of its iconic Tonka Mighty Dump Trucks destined for U.S. store shelves in China.
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Oct 06, 2021
According to a recent memorandums, certain union employees may be subject to this requirement.
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Oct 06, 2021
The mansion has six full bathrooms, three half bathrooms, four fireplaces and a five-stop elevator.
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Oct 05, 2021
Work at all of the Kellogg Company's U.S. cereal plants came to a halt Tuesday as roughly 1,400 workers went on strike.
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Oct 05, 2021
The battle of words between the billionaires deepened Tuesday.
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Oct 05, 2021
Co-host Melissa McGurren alleged Eric Ferguson subjected her to an "unbearable hostile work environment" and management did nothing about it for years.
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Oct 05, 2021
The Dallas-based company said its workers must be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8 in order to remain at the airline.
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Oct 05, 2021
With dining rooms open and more customers comfortable venturing inside, some Chicago restaurants are questioning whether to bring back the heaters and tents, or whether enthusiasm for al fresco dining will drop with fall temperatures.
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Oct 04, 2021
It's a higher bar than the Chicago-based fast food chain set three years ago.
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Oct 04, 2021
Griffin said Chicago remains the corporate headquarters, but the firm's New York office is now the "central point" with well over a thousand employees.
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Oct 04, 2021
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday.
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Oct 04, 2021
Built in 2006, the house has 4 1/2 bathrooms, two fireplaces, vaulted ceilings and an arched French door entry that is adorned with stone.
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Oct 04, 2021
President Biden reschedules Illinois vaccination mandate trip for Thursday despite lingering fights in Washington
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Oct 04, 2021
More than 750 employees will occupy the space.
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Oct 04, 2021
More than 750 employees will occupy the space.
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Oct 04, 2021
The company said it was "aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app" and it was working on restoring access.
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Oct 04, 2021
The move, which has been in the works since 2019, will reduce the office's footprint.
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Oct 04, 2021
A three-bedroom, 1,120-square-foot midcentury modern-style house in Wheaton that was designed by noted architect Edward Dart sold on Sept. 24 for $316,000 — well above its asking price.
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Oct 01, 2021
The effort aims to ensure the project funnels work to minority-owned businesses.
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Oct 01, 2021
Pinnacle Fund Management will explore using solar power on the site.
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Oct 01, 2021
A second former female employee of WTMX-FM has come forward to say longtime on-air host Eric Ferguson engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct.
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Oct 01, 2021
The new investor "tends to stay involved, invested in companies for the long term," Marc Malnati said.
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Oct 01, 2021
If the Bears move to Arlington Heights, "there's just no way to hide from that failure," an alderman said of Lightfoot.
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Oct 01, 2021
A recent survey found that hundreds of thousands of restaurant operators are on the verge of closing their doors this winter — including thousands in Illinois — without imminent federal relief.
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Oct 01, 2021
An online petition calling to save the gardens had gained more than 17,000 signatures by Thursday afternoon.
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Oct 01, 2021
If the Bears move to Arlington Heights, "there's just no way to hide from that failure," an alderman said of Lightfoot.
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Oct 01, 2021
The Malnati family will reportedly retain a stake in the iconic pizza chain.
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Sep 30, 2021
At the rally, held outside the El Milagro tortilla factory and taqueria on West 26th Street and South Albany Avenue, about 50 workers and supporters, including several local and state representatives, said the company's unsafe and unfair working conditions have been a problem for years.
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Sep 30, 2021
People visit Navy Pier's Crystal Gardens on Sept. 30, 2021. A new digital immersive experience is planned to replace the gardens.
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Sep 30, 2021
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the settlement agreement Thursday with Centene.
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Sep 30, 2021
It could take more than another two years before people are able to start gambling in the new casino, according to officials of the gaming board and representatives of the applicants.
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Sep 30, 2021
It could take more than another two years before people are able to start gambling in the new casino, according to officials of the gaming board and representatives of the applicants.
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Sep 30, 2021
Delayed by pandemic disruption, the $6 billion Lincoln Yards megadevelopment is set to break ground in October on an eight-story building developers hope will help transform Chicago into a major life sciences hub.
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Sep 30, 2021
The $6 billion, 55-acre project plans to include new towers, roads and bridges and parkland.
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Sep 30, 2021
United Airlines said 320 employees will lose their jobs because of the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, down from nearly 600.
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Sep 30, 2021
Hotels, restaurants, bars and other entertainment are natural fits around a football stadium.
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Sep 30, 2021
Peggy Kirk and Nancy Paridy will work together to lead the institution
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Sep 30, 2021
Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Sun-Times signed a non-binding letter of intent to "explore joining together" WBEZ-FM 91.5 and the daily newspaper as a nonprofit news organization.
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Sep 30, 2021
Goose Island workers in Chicago tried to unionize leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers say the pandemic and layoffs quashed their efforts.
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Sep 29, 2021
The Chicago Bears have signed a purchase agreement for Arlington International Racecourse, a move that takes the team a step closer toward securing property for a new stadium and leaving their longtime home at Soldier Field.
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Sep 29, 2021
Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect.
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Sep 29, 2021
Rebecca Schneider, whose husband Zachariah Schneider was one of three killed in the derailment, is suing Amtrak and BNSF for negligence.
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Sep 29, 2021
The current site of Arlington International Racecourse could in a few years house an NFL stadium.
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Sep 29, 2021
Executive editor Mitch Pugh announced Chrissy Taylor's departure in an email to staff Wednesday morning.
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Sep 29, 2021
Public records do not yet show the buyers of the 5,734-square-foot condo
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Sep 28, 2021
More than 99% of United Airlines' U.S.-based employees who did not seek a religious or medical exemption from the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate got the shots, while 593 who refused to comply will lose their jobs.
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Sep 28, 2021
Ford is being sued by the EEOC for allegedly refusing to allow a pregnant woman to begin working at its stamping plant in Chicago Heights.
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Sep 28, 2021
The downtown Elgin branch of Chase Bank, which opened in 1985, and one of two Chase branches in Carpentersville will close next month — victims of changing customer needs, a bank representative said.
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Sep 28, 2021
Portillo's has big plans to take its Italian beef sandwiches, hot dogs and chocolate cake shakes nationwide.
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Sep 28, 2021
Wood buildings are popping up all over the country, including the soon-to-be world's tallest in Milwaukee. In Chicago, plans remain more modest.
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Sep 27, 2021
Millions of Illinois residents are now eligible for COVID-19 booster shots — but some confusion remains about exactly who can get them and when.
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Sep 27, 2021
Lapointe paid $780,000 in 2016 for the house he just sold
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Sep 27, 2021
As if a cup of coffee wasn't expensive enough, a confluence of factors is driving up farmers' costs to grow the beans and it could begin filtering down to your local cafe before the end of the year.
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Sep 27, 2021
Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans' protection against the virus.
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Sep 27, 2021
A former assistant producer alleges Ferguson coerced sexual favors then punished her when she refused to resume an "unwelcome sexual relationship."
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Sep 27, 2021
Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users.
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