Chicago
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Chicago’s iconic ‘Bean’ sculpture reopens to tourists after nearly a year of construction
Jun 24, 2024 6:46 am - CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago's most popular tourist attractions known as “The Bean” reopened to the public Sunday after nearly a year of renovations and construction. C...
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Riot Fest moving to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for new ‘RiotLand’ venture; lineup announced
Jun 12, 2024 1:40 pm - Riot Fest is moving out of Douglass Park and heading to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for a newly christened RiotLand extravaganza. Also announced Wednesday was the full lineup for the three-day festival Sept. 20-22, including Slayer, Fall Out Boy, Pavement, St. Vincent and Beck.
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Regulators slash Chicago gas utility’s rate request, setting up likely legal battle
May 31, 2024 1:32 pm - Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday once again reduced a request to increase customer rates from Chicago natural gas utility Peoples Gas. In Novemb...
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Journalists sue Chicago Tribune owner alleging pay discrimination
May 17, 2024 11:21 am - Chicago Tribune journalists filed a lawsuit Thursday against the newspaper’s owner, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than their White or male counterparts. The fe...
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Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago
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Stephens, Rosemont would be bulldozing a new Bears stadium to the goal lineMay 15, 2024 6:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell believes Rosemont mayor Brad Stephens would have already pushed a Bears stadium proposal over the goal line in his town.
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Unlikely allies? Suburban mayor, GOP legislator backs Bears’ lakefront planMay 13, 2024 7:26 pm - The governor of Illinois and top leaders in both chambers of the state legislature have thrown cold water on the Bears’ request for public subsidies to develop a new Chicago lakefront stadium. But the plan has a key supporter who wields influence in the Northwest suburbs, city of Chicago and hallways of the state Capitol in Springfield: Brad Stephens.
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From ho-hum to 6 levels: New parking lot at O’Hare’s Terminal 5 hits milestoneMay 13, 2024 11:25 am - Anyone who’s parked at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5 knows the lot is about as fancy as a strip mall’s. That will change in October when the Chicago Departme...
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University of Chicago clears a pro-Palestinian demonstration as MIT confronts a new encampment
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Dino-might: Field Museum’s Archaeopteryx may be the ‘most important fossil ever’May 06, 2024 6:11 pm - The Field Museum’s iconic T. rex, Sue, may be a little jealous. There’s a new exhibit in town, Archaeopteryx, and it’s “perhaps the most important fossil ever discovered,...