
The possibility that a lawsuit could be filed over the recent ward remapping of the city is still in play. But not everyone's dissatisfied: a small, active Polish coalition made significant gains on the northwest side.
The CME Group, fresh off its tax-break legislative victory, declined a TIF deal that originated in the Daley administration and would have given them $15 million. And with that, another round of tax increment finance talk kicks off.
The Latino community blasts Rahm Emanuel and the City Council for approving a ward remap that underrepresents minority constituents.
The creator of television's longest-running nationally-syndicated show is a Chicago broadcasting legend, but he had to head for Hollywood for "Soul Train" to become what it was. Plus: James Brown, David Bowie, and Gladys Knight on the Soul Train stage.
Harvard sociologist Edward Glaeser, author of "The Triumph of the City," notes another civic triumph: declining segregation nationwide. But one city's triumph is another's failure.
Does global warming have anything to do with the fact that Chicago might break a January record for high temperatures today? Yes, probably, and probably not. It depends on what you're asking, and whom.
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