Why Cities Are Chasing High-Tech Manufacturing
Chicago’s new digital manufacturing hub is a good example of how public subsidies are targeting tech—and the economic logic behind it.
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Here Are This Week’s Must-Read Stories
Neil Steinberg on Rahm, the Sun-Times on the mini-Rahm, and what’s next for Groupon, drugs, manufacturing, the vacant Edgewater Medical Center, and more.
Why Ray LaHood Is Sticking with Dan Rutherford
The allegations against the GOP candidate haven’t swayed his friend and proponent, the longtime congressman and former Secretary of Transportation.
You Can Get Google Glass If You Stay at the Acme Hotel
The Chicago hotel will be the first in the US to offer the tech to its guests. Here’s how that may go over at the hip bar downstairs.
The Immense Ambition of Chicago's Digital Manufacturing Hub
With an infinite number of virtual factories and an open-source manufacturing platform, the implications of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute go far beyond Chicago.
Rahm Touts His Chicago Success to David Brooks in DC
A chipper mayor was full of good news in an hour-long talk with his old friend.
How Soldier Field Became an Outdoor Hockey Rink
Here’s what it took to ice the gridiron for Saturday’s Blackhawks game, Soldier Field’s first-ever NHL matchup.
What Chicago's Digital Manufacturing Hub Could Achieve
This development can combine ideas from Silicon Valley, German industry—and Swedish pop music.
How to Get the City to Pay When a Pothole Damages Your Car
What to do after a chance encounter with one of Chicago’s 600,000 lovely potholes.
The Must-Read Stories of the Week
This week: Why Chicago’s wealthy school districts may underwrite the less fortunate, how authorities captured the most-wanted drug lord, a basketball matchup for the ages, and more