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America's big cities are moving in the direction of third world demographics. A smallish upper class lives comfortably, even glamorously, accompanied by a much larger underclass, the more energetic of whom serve the upper class as waiters, housekeepers, taxi drivers, and other service occupations.

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy is asking a court to overturn a city Board of Human Resources ruling allowing three people to become police officers, in spite of CPD background checks that initially disqualified them from the job.

Since the beginning of 2014 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Gary McCarthy have been touting a declining crime rate in the Windy City, but according to a new report by Chicago Magazine , they may be cooking the books.

The public hearing will take place at the has launched a website with a comment submission form at www.cityofchicago.org/LucasMuseum .

There's a fierce fight between ride-sharing startups and the taxi companies raging around the country, and I think I know a way to make peace, let both sides walk away with a win, and, most important, give the riding public the best of all worlds.

A rendering of what Redmoon's Great Chicago Fire Festival on the Chicago River could look like when it debuts in October.

After news broke that Rahm Emanuel stayed in an $1,800 a night hotel suite on the taxpayer's dime, the mayor's office on Friday said Emanuel will reimburse the city for the expense.

Novelist Gabriel GarcA a MA rquez - prolific author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and other works that mixed the mythical with the real of Latin America - died at the age of 87 .

A year after saturating 20 targeted high-crime areas of the city with extra cops on foot patrols, the Police Department has given scores of those officers bicycles for their patrols.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Ald. Debra Silverstein and Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld to break ground today on the Devon Avenue streetscape project that will improve the North Side business district with infrastructure upgrades and unique decorative elements.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater along with Chicago's civic and cultural leaders celebrate William Shakespeare 's 450th Birthday with the premiere of "Our City, Our Shakespeare," a documentary exploring Shakespeare's enduring presence in Chicago, featuring Chicago Shakespeare Theater , Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Art Institute of ... (more)

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy will address the public at 9:30 a.m. Friday regarding Operation Impact.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday defended his handpicked CTA President Forrest Claypool despite two recent CTA hirings that run contrary to Claypool's reformer image.

If Nik Wallenda gets his wish, he'll fasten a 5/8-inch tightrope between two skyscrapers in downtown Chicago - preferably somewhere with views of Lake Michigan or the Chicago River - and walk across it untethered as viewers in 220 countries watch live on TV.

Chicago, the suburbs and downstate fight fiercely over school funding every year in the State Capitol.

There are many odd holidays , but I think Talk like Shakespeare Day takes the prize for oddest holiday of the month of April.

Weather conditions and snow plows have played havoc with roads throughout the Chicago area this year, causing potholes and making already damaged roads even worse.

Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Park District offered a sneak peek into the revitalization of Jackson Park that will respect, preserve and renew the character of the landscape as designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. and his firm after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago.

Kanye West and Common are doing more g.o.o.d. for their native Chicago. According to Chicago Sun-Times , Common's Common Ground Foundation, and 'Ye's charity, Donda's House, are teaming up to help rapper Rhymefest and his wife host an annual music festival as part of a city-wide initiative to put more of Chi-town's youth to work.