The total comes to 506, an increase of 71 over 2011 and 2010. The conventional wisdom is looking towards weather and the disbanding of specialized gang units as the causes. Can Garry McCarthy keep up his long game on crime through 2013?
Peter Roskam votes no, along with Tea Partiers Joe Walsh and Bobby Schilling. Plus: another, more serious, fiscal cliff coming in March.
In a couple days, the Mississippi River may shut down shipping traffic in the next couple days, due to low water levels on the Illinois-Missouri border; in a couple weeks, the river could be lower at St. Louis than it’s ever been.
December 11, 2012–For the 19th consecutive year Chicago magazine honored its Chicagoans of the Year, six individuals who have made amazing things happen in the city this year. The magazine celebrated their achievements at its annual Chicagoans of the Year Luncheon at The Peninsula Chicago, sponsored by Spex and emceed by CBS 2 News anchor Bill Kurtis.
SUPER SCREWED?: Why Madigan and Co. could be in trouble
There’s a good chance Chicago will close out 2012 today with an average temperature of 54.5 degrees for the year, breaking the record set in 1921. Cities across the country are breaking that record, as is the U.S. as a whole.
Filmmaker Carlos Martinez interviews Marciala, a Logan Square tamale vendor, about why she came to America, the competitive business of selling tamales, and the spirit of giving.
The homicide rate, the privatization of city services, and the coming political and legal fight over pension reform: a roundup of the stories that will be big in the coming year.
A Michigan judge tosses an Indiana woman in the slammer for muttering frustrated nothings, after she was given the run-around by his courthouse on a traffic fine. It’s not the first time he’s come down hard on someone who didn’t take kindly to his office.
A study of how kids in Illinois view Northern and Southern accents finds that stereotypes take hold early and harden with age. But it’s not regional bias: kids from Tennessee feel the same way.
