Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

Newsday 22 Dec 2024
... Side, the Chicago system’s largest expansion project in history ... One of the communities that would be served by a new Chicago L station is Roseland, a once-thriving, predominantly Black business district that has fallen victim to the loss of manufacturing and a spike in crime....
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s difficult 2025 budget fight portends even harder financial situation for 2026

Chicago Tribune 22 Dec 2024
I want you all to stay positive, OK, because the people of Chicago and the state of Illinois really require that ... Chicago City Hall on Oct ... (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) ... CTA riders are seen on the platform of the Roosevelt station in Chicago on Nov ... (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) ... (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)....
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Amazon Workers Launch Largest Strike Yet: ‘It Doesn’t Feel Like a Job That Should Be Legal’

Scheerpost 21 Dec 2024
Workers organizing at key chokepoints in the supply chain have managed to extract a few concessions from Amazon, including increased pay for Chicago-area delivery station workers and the reinstatement of a suspended air hub employee in San Bernardino and another in Queens....
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Illinois' first drive-thru DMV kiosk opens in Lombard

Chicago Sun-Times 20 Dec 2024
Other drive-thrus will eventually be launched in Chicago, Giannoulias said ... Fifteen similar kiosks were installed inside grocery stores earlier this fall, including six in Chicago, but they’re limited to stores’ business hours ... The first one in the Chicago area opened over the summer in Melrose Park....
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The year in pictures: Here are our top photos from 2024

Chicago Sun-Times 20 Dec 2024
in Chicago Lawn, Monday, April 8, 2024 ... Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention, while Milwaukee welcomed the Republicans ... Chicago Bears Pres ... Dexter Reed’s sister, Porscha Banks, shouts at Chicago police officers as activists try to deescalate the situation during a protest outside the District 11 police station, Tuesday, April 9, 2024....
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Comcast raising monthly sports fee for subscribers while Bulls, Blackhawks and Chicago Sports Network still ...

Chicago Tribune 19 Dec 2024
The 5.5% increase, which took effect Wednesday, bumps up the regional sports network fee to $20.25 per month for Comcast subscribers in Chicago and the suburbs ... 62 in Chicago and local TV stations in other markets to broadcast the sports programming for free over the air....
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Inside Edition host Deborah Norville is getting her own game show — Here’s what we know

Monsters & Critics 19 Dec 2024
The show was picked up and will air on CBS-owned stations in the Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York markets ... President and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, Wendy McMahon was motivated to launch the new game show after the success of the network’s comedy ......
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Benjamin Goad appointed The Tennessean’s 18th executive editor, succeeds Michael A. Anastasi

The Tennessean 19 Dec 2024
30 ... Goad’s news career began as a reporter in his home state of Illinois at Chicago’s City News Bureau after graduating from DePauw University in 1997 ... “If your Mother says she loves you … Check it out!” Over the next two years, Goad worked from police stations, press conferences and crime scenes across Chicago, often on the overnight shift ... senators....
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Amazon workers in Skokie strike, joining picket lines across the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times 19 Dec 2024
It is unclear how long the strike will last ... Hundreds of workers at delivery station DIL7 in Skokie voted Monday to authorize a strike. The site serves thousands of Chicago-area households, according to the Teamsters, which says it represents hundreds of delivery drivers in Skokie ... We can’t even afford to pay our bills.” ... This strike is on them.” ... .......
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A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Delta Democrat-Times 19 Dec 2024
Four people sleeping on a Chicago-area train were fatally shot on Labor Day morning. Police were called to a Chicago Transit Authority station just outside the city ... Authorities said a 23-year-old man shot eight people — including seven of his relatives — and injuring a ninth person in a Chicago suburb....
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Solidarity is promised and it is powerful

Lockhart Post-Register 18 Dec 2024
My social worker friend, Arnie Oskin, and his wife invited me out to dinner in Chicago. I took the North Line train from Waukegan, Il down to Northwestern Station and walked over to Michigan Avenue arriving at the Magnificent Mile ... at Chicago, Jane Addams School of Social Work....

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