Lightfoot backs 3 subsidized housing plans for LaSalle Street corridor
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Leaving her mark on a downtown redevelopment effort in the final weeks of her administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is naming three plans for mixed-income housing as eligible for city subsidies.

CTA worker beat, dragged man around downtown station then called police for unresponsive person: prosecutors

Emmett Richardson, who works for the CTA, allegedly beat and dragged a man around a downtown station before calling police for an "unresponsive person." When emergency personnel arrived, Richardson said he had seen the man surrounded by drug paraphernalia and believed the man had overdosed.

Hawksmoor steak restaurant opening Loop location in 2024

An establishment that was named the “#1 Best Steak Restaurant in the world in 2022" is opening a flagship location in downtown Chicago.

Lightfoot backs 3 subsidized housing plans for LaSalle Street corridor

Leaving her mark on a downtown redevelopment effort in the final weeks of her administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is naming three plans for mixed-income housing as eligible for city subsidies.

Chicago's upcoming NASCAR race raising new concerns over traffic, logistics

Less than four months away and there are still a lot of unanswered questions ahead of the first-of-its-kind street race, including what street closures will take place, when, and for how long.

Bicyclists block traffic in the Loop calling for better safety
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A group of bicyclists stopped traffic in the Loop just before 9 a.m. calling for better bike safety. They laid their bikes down on Randolph Street during the morning rush.

Feds shut down sidewalk outside downtown Chicago historic buildings
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he federal government has closed the sidewalk in front of buildings it owns at the southwest corner of State and Adams streets, citing a threat to pedestrians from deteriorating facades.

State Street sidewalk closed at Adams; feds cite pedestrian danger at buildings it wants to raze

The federal government has closed the sidewalk in front of buildings it owns at the southwest corner of State and Adams streets, citing a threat to pedestrians from deteriorating facades. The property includes two early 20th century skyscrapers that preservationists want to save.

Chicago CTA riders evacuated after tracks lose power

It was a chaotic commute downtown Tuesday night, after the CTA lost power on some of the L tracks.

CTA cameras track ex-boyfriend accused of murder
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Alejandro Arellano fled on a train but investigators were able to use CTA and police surveillance cameras to track his movements.