Chicago Current archives
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced a $1.1 billion plan for a new DePaul University basketball arena to be built across the street from McCormick Place as well as major improvements -- some new, some previously announced -- to Navy ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
The inclusion of food trucks at the Taste is one of the latest developments in the industry in Chicago. Last summer, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing them to cook onboard. The city last week proposed adding nine more designated food truck ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
At his May 2011 inauguration, Emanuel promised a new dynamic between Chicago's famously powerful mayor and the city's famously compliant City Council. “We don't a rubber stamp City Council, we don't want (a) Council War,” then-mayor-elect Emanuel ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Six months later, a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Illinois' ban on carrying concealed weapons violated the U.S. Constitution. It ordered the Illinois General Assembly to change the law by June 2013. It's May now, and the Illinois ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Making the case to close Ericson Academy on the West Side, Chicago Public Schools officials stressed that it would cost $9.6 million to fix the 51-year-old building. What they didn't point out in materials provided to parents was that they planned to ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
... redevelopment of Navy Pier is a vital step in tapping the full potential of the City of Chicago,” said Mayor Emanuel. Private investments will pay for the hotels and DePaul and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority will each pay for half ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
“It's an investment in jobs,” said Jim Reilly, C.E.O. of The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the state-city agency that owns McCormick Place and Navy Pier. “Elevate Chicago” also includes a redesign at Navy Pier, and a busy portion of the ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
On a site kitty-corner to this project, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, or McPier, which owns McCormick Place and Navy Pier, proposes to build and own a $400 million convention hotel with 1,200 rooms. The city would use about $21.5 ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and Navy Pier today announced Elevate Chicago, an ambitious tourism and tradeshow infrastructure redevelopment program. This program will bring to bear nearly $640 million in new ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
For the City Colleges of Chicago it would mean roughly $1 million more each year. Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, said more discussion is expected next week, along with a likely drafted bill. He and other lawmakers said they have to discuss a potential ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Alvarez, who represents a number of clients at City Hall, is also an elected member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. His donation to Emanuel, recorded in December, was made as a transfer to the mayor from Alvarez's ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Although she was unable to attend, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was recognized by Seguin for her exemplary public service. In addition, Seguin honored former Cook County Commissioner Al Carr for his decades-long work to benefit ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
You seem to have your mind made up, but we will remind you that former Ald. and now Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle — who is no enemy to developers — rejected a high-rise proposal at this very site after vociferous opposition from the ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gathered in “a room full of friends” to celebrate the achievements and tangible results of 10 years of hard work for the Quad Communities Development Corp. with board members, business owners, community ...
May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle broadly criticized Mayor Rahm Emanuel's education agenda Thursday, saying the Chicago Public Schools teachers' strike last year had provided the excuse for a sweeping school-closure plan that “weakens ...
