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Amazon has begun briefing officials in Chicago and 19 other cities in the running for the company's HQ2 second headquarters on the next phase of the process, after announcing the 20 contenders last week. Amazon has begun briefing officials in Chicago and 19 other cities in the running for the company's HQ2 second headquarters on the next phase of the process, after announcing the 20 contenders last week.
Special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a June 2017 closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connections to the Trump campaign. A "startling revelation" from Chicagoan George Papadopoulos was the catalyst for the investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 election, according to the New York Times .
Chicago Board of Trade grains closed higher on Wednesday with wheat rebounding more than one percent due to short-covering. The most active corn contract for March delivery climbed 1.25 cents, or 0.36 percent to settle at 3.49 dollars per bushel.
PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST: Show off your knife skills and creativity at the Third Annual New Belgium Pumpkin Carving Contest at Easy Bar at 8 p.m. pumpkins and carving tools will be provided while New Belgium beers will be on special. Free.
Chicago is inexpensive, impressive, and close to a ton of feeder markets where potential visitors can see through the wild, inaccurate claims of an unhinged politician. Chicago, described by President Trump and others as a hellish, dystopian crime scene akin to a "war-torn nation" and "worse than Afghanistan" is about to shatter all of its tourism records, including the one it set last year.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Superintendent Michael P. Kelly today joined performance artists to reopen the recently renovated Theater on the Lake . The historic building has been transformed from a summer programming site to a year-round performance and special events venue.
At only 24, Chance the Rapper is the youngest person this year to make Fortune 's 40 Under 40 List , the publication's "annual ranking of the most influential young people in business." Fortune highlighted his untraditional path to success in the music industry, as well as his endorsement deals with brands like Apple, Nestle and Nike.
AND THIS IS WHERE IT IS INTENDED TO GO, THE NED GAME REMOVING THE FOUNDING FATHERS FROM HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The other day during the press conference President Donald Trump asked, when does the taking down of statues stop ? The MSM and late night talk show idiots laughed and made jokes.
What about Antifa? What about free speech? What about the guy who shot Steve Scalise? What about the mosque in Minnesota that got bombed? What about North Korea? What about murders in Chicago? What about Ivanka at the G-20? What about Vince Foster? If white pride is bad, then what about gay pride? What about the stock market? What about those 33,000 deleted emails? What about Hitler? What about the Crusades? What about the asteroid that may one day kill us all? What about Benghazi? His campaign may or may not have conspired with Moscow, but President Trump has routinely employed a durable old Soviet propaganda tactic.
It's a tough job, but someone has to tell President Barack Obama that his empty, huge monument to himself, aka the Obama Presidential Center, with its unwanted sledding hill and playground , does not belong in Jackson Park. Maybe it would work in Washington Park, where it could actually help the surrounding community that needs the support Hyde Park does not.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Latest on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report proposes steps to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes : The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is recommending a mixture of technologies including loud noises and water jets at a crucial site in Illinois to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has denied the Chicago Cubs' request to play more night games at Wrigley Field. Crane Kenney, the team's president of business operations, asked for permission to play 54 night games, as do most other MLB teams.
These are dark times in Washington. It's no secret that President Trump and his team are working overtime to turn back the clock on our rights and divest from our communities.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District Superintendent Michael P. Kelly today celebrated the completed section of the lakefront trail separation project from 31st Street to 41st Street. Construction continues from Fullerton to Ohio streets and 31st to 51st streets.
In an op-ed for the New York Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel urges President Donald Trump to stop criticizing Chicago and increase the federal gasoline tax to help pay for mass transit systems. "Rather than tweeting about violence in Chicago, President Trump should be looking to Chicago as a model for the infrastructure investments and economic growth he wants to replicate across the country," Emanuel wrote.
A live Asian carp has been discovered in a Chicago waterway about nine miles from Lake Michigan - well beyond an electric barrier network designed to prevent the invasive fish that have infested the Mississippi River system from reaching the Great Lakes, officials said Friday.
Mayor Emanuel today announced the City of Chicago is intensifying its efforts at saving lives and preventing serious injuries through a three-year Vision Zero Chicago Action Plan. The data-driven, multi-agency approach looks at traffic safety as a public health challenge and is designed to improve traffic safety for all road users.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy slammed opponent J.B. Pritzker Sunday, saying that the billionaire businessman doesn't "deserve" to be governor. Kennedy's comments came in response to a Tribune report that Pritzker expressed interest in the post of state treasurer in response to then-governor Rod Blagojevich's efforts to get him to bite on the Senate seat made available by the election of Barack Obama.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has done the unthinkable: He told graduates of the city's dismal public school system that he wants them to do something with their diploma. Or else they won't get a diploma.