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CITY HALL — A bid to reduce Chicago’s default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph was advanced by a key City Council committee, but the ordinance still needs approval from the full council. The Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety approved the change on Monday by an 8-5 vote following a lengthy debate […]
CHICAGO — Three Octobers ago, artist and illustrator Nadia Ahmed marked the beginning of spooky season with a drawing of two cartoon ghosts holding hands in a pumpkin patch. She captioned it “Date Night” on Oct. 1, 2021. The illustration immediately took off, getting 336,000 likes and 63,000 retweets on X, formerly Twitter. Another post […]
GARFIELD PARK — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced on Friday his support of a plan to lower the city’s default speed limit. Speaking at an unrelated event at the Garfield Park Conservatory, Johnson said he endorses a proposal in front of City Council to reduce the default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. “I […]
CHICAGO — The city’s first Democratic National Convention since 1996 brought in $371.4 million, exceeding estimates but falling short of other major Chicago events. Of the larger $371.4 million brought in by the DNC, over $221 million comes from direct spending to produce the convention plus the expenditures from the more than 50,000 who visited Chicago […]
CHICAGO — Two newly opened disaster recovery centers in the Chicago area are helping neighbors affected by flooding in July. Homeowners, renters and small business owners can get face-to-face support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration at the disaster recovery centers, which opened Wednesday in Chicago Lawn, 6120 S. Kedzie […]