After crashing as the White House social secretary, the well-connected Chicagoan returned to run Johnson Publishing Company—and now she’s working with Rahm Emanuel again as the chair of Choose Chicago, the city’s big tourism nonprofit.
Plus: How to check a bag for free, and the best way to recover lost luggage.
Rayid Ghani left Accenture to lead Obama for America’s data analytics team. Now he’s going to the University of Chicago to change how cities, nonprofits, and governments use information.
If you have to ride a CTA train, this handy new tool helps you get it over with as fast as possible.
The bill drafted by Kwame Raoul is strict, but it’s moderate— at least, the rules are similar to other states’ laws. Could HB 183 be a plausible compromise?
Edward McClelland explains how Chicago rose above the Rust Belt cities to become the undisputed star of the Midwest, in an excerpt from his new book, Nothin’ But Blue Skies.
The beleaguered governor doesn’t have a lot to lose by implementing the state’s strict bill, which just passed the Senate.
Arrests for domestic battery are almost as frequent as drug charges. And violence at home leads to violence on the streets.
Arne Wossnik’s timelapse videos take you from a bird’s-eye view at the top of the Hancock to a bug’s-eye view in the Osaka Garden in Jackson Park.
CONSTANT GARDENER: Laura Letinsky—an artist and all-seasons urban gardener—kicks off spring with a gathering of green thumbs (and has tips to help you get growing)
