Taste Chicago

1. The kids are in the city

Where do children live in the Chicago area? The dominant narrative is that they are in the suburbs, certainly once they reach five or six: most parents just don’t feel comfortable sending their kids to the Chicago Public Schools, nor raising their kids in an apartment, and they can’t afford private school tuition and the cost of a single-family home in the city. (I’m not going to give any evidence that this narrative...

Where language in a collective bargaining agreement incorporated external law into the agreement between the parties, the arbitrator’s decision that was based on provisions of Illinois Concealed Carry Act was enforced.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by Judge Sue E. Myerscough, Central District of Illinois.Ameren Illinois Co., an energy company, operates a facility in Galesburg in western …

Most lame ducks stick to ceremonial duties and help prepare a transition for their successor.

Not Rahm Emanuel. He’s ramped up efforts to push his agenda – not so much to secure his legacy, it seems, as to get deals done and, in some cases, to reward his supporters.

His potential successors are starting to notice that Emanuel is making major decisions that they will have to live with. Mayoral candidates have called for

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It's not every day you hear the word "metronome" to describe a baseball player.

But Jon Lester isn't your average baseball player.

He still has two years and almost $50 million left on the megadeal he signed before the 2015 season, but Lester has shown no signs of slowing down...even if he technically IS slowing down.

The 34-year-old saw a dip in his velocity to career lows in 2018 (91 mph average fastball, 90.2 mph average sinker) and that led to his lowest K/9 ...