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The sponsors, Ald. Bill Conway and Ald. Scott Waguespack, want to avoid a repeat of late 2023, when Mayor Brandon Johnson transferred $95 million in COVID-19 relief without getting the Council’s OK first.

With so many restaurants opening up every day across the US, there is plenty of opportunity to try something new and amazing.

With freezing temperatures outside, holiday frolics in the rearview mirror and gray skies abundant, the second half of January tests the mettle of the most loyal Chicagoan. Even Teslas are balking at the weather, preferring a warm garage to juicing up and doing their job. One sympathizes. Enter Chicago Restaurant Week, the annual program wherein eateries offer prix fixe menus priced at $25 for ...

The problems at a Pilsen shelter last year are revealed in emails from last fall. The city is understandably struggling with the migrant crisis, but the Johnson administration still has to be held accountable.

One of the city’s most anticipated culinary events has arrived: Chicago Restuarant Week. From menus to restaurants to deals, here’s what to know.

More than a dozen volunteers gathered on a blustery Martin Luther King Jr. Day in an old muffler shop on Washington Parks Arts Block, sorting clothing and other donations

The 17th annual Chicago Restaurant Week takes place Jan. 19 through Feb. 4 of 2024, with more than 380 restaurants -- 20 of them Michelin-rated.

Dangerous freezing temperatures are affecting people all across Chicago and how they go about their daily lives.

After a month of standing in Home Depot parking lots in Chicago hoping to find work, Rayni Cuadrado had finally found a day job. The 29-year-old from Maracaibo, Venezuela, moved metal scrap and took measurements Thursday inside a decimated church in North Lawndale. He had once dreamed of studying art in his home country, he said, but due to the political and social unrest there, he instead ...

Chicago is a veritable winter wonderland — and it’s all yours for the taking.