Will public employees ever come all the way back to the Loop?
With the Loop struggling, public agencies don’t have clear in-office policies even as the Windy City’s largest employers.
“World’s Best” speakeasy in the Loop quietly closes
The Milk Room, a world-renowned speakeasy bar in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, permanently closed its doors on ...
Man shot during argument in West Loop, Chicago police say
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was shot during an argument in the West Loop early Saturday morning, Chicago police said. Police said officers responded to the shooting in the 100-block of South Clinton Street ...
Woman killed, man wounded in drive-by shooting in Chicago's South Loop, police say
A woman was killed and a man was hurt overnight in a drive-by shooting in the South Loop. It happened just before midnight in ...
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Trendy fried chicken restaurant headed to the Loop
Entrepreneur Ali Hijazi founded Crimson Coward in 2019 in Downey, Calif. The chain has quickly spread nationwide through ...
Who pays when the Loop is vacant
Who’s paying?: Areas like the Near West Side, Logan Square and Bronzeville have been particularly hard hit by rising taxes, ...
Real ID ‘supercenter’ opens in Loop this week to handle rush ahead of May 7 deadline
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is opening a downtown ‘supercenter’ to handle Real ID applications ahead of a May 7 ...
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Amid Loop vacancies, Chicago's property tax burden shifts to neighborhoods
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, property values have fallen downtown, and that’s shifted a greater portion of Chicago’s tax burden away from the heart of the Loop and onto ...