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Chicago developers are making use of opportunity zone investment
Development design courtesy of Chicago Housing Authority
But economic impact is hard to track without oversight at state or federal level. Critics say that’s not good enough.
How one Chicago call center works to prevent homelessness
David Wagner/KPCC
Workers connect qualifying callers with one-time emergency aid.
Manufacturing needs workers. Chicago has plenty. Where’s the disconnect?
Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
A high rate of unemployment persists in some parts of Chicago, despite a worker shortage in manufacturing.
Chicago’s Lincoln Yards development under scrutiny
Courtesy of Sterling Bay
Who will the multibillion-dollar project benefit?
Let’s do the numbers: St. Patrick’s Day edition
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From closed bars to Pedialyte, here are a few things you might not have known about the holiday.
Parking tickets are bankrupting Chicago residents
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Why Chicago has more parking ticket debt than other major American cities, and who the system targets.
African-Americans are leaving Chicago for a better quality of life in neighboring Indiana
Natalie Moore/Marketplace
Issues with schools, a stagnant job market and affordability have driven 12,000 blacks from Cook County in the last year.
What happens when sexual harassment becomes ingrained in work culture?
While some industries may be going through a watershed moment of zero tolerance for sexual harassment, other workplaces may be much slower to change. A recent investigation by the New York Times into two Chicago-based Ford Motor Co. factories shows an entrenched culture of harassment and sexual assault. Senior correspondent Susan Chira, along with her colleague […]
Chicago’s decaying water system is delivering disparate rates
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Minority and lower-income residents are struggling to pay skyrocketing bills for a basic resource, says Patrick O'Connell of the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago’s short-lived soda tax faced relentless opposition
Cook County, Illinois, home to Chicago, passed a penny-per-ounce tax on soda late last year. The driving force was raising revenue in a state with deep budget woes. But legal challenges delayed the tax going into effect, and a strong campaign from the beverage industry has soured public opinion on the measure. It was repealed […]

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