The city of Chicago is denying a permit request for demonstrators to march against the NATO summit here this May, saying the necessary crowd control would be "a drain on existing police resources."
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The city of Chicago is denying a permit request for demonstrators to march against the NATO summit here this May, saying the necessary crowd control would be "a drain on existing police resources."
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Cook County’s vital statistics office in the Loop was closed briefly Tuesday morning after an employee opened an envelope “filled with white powder,” according to Courtney Greve with County Clerk David Orr’s office, which oversees that office.
In his quest to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for assessor, Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool is leaving no stone unturned.

His campaign was at yesterday's Tea Party protest at Daley Plaza, asking the 1,000 or so people there to support his bid. Read more...

For 20 years, Block 37 was an infamous sinkhole in the middle of the Loop. Flanked by Daley Plaza and Marshall Field’s, one of the most prestigious pieces of real estate in Chicago sat barren, swallowing up idea after idea. Read more...