Jorge Casuso

By midday Monday, the barrel fires had died out and the tents had all been rolled into bundles. But a night in the tent city pitched in a vacant Uptown...

Chicago & North Western commuter trains were expected to follow an ''abnormal'' schedule Saturday, one day after union brakemen staged an eight-hour walkout. The trains began rolling again Friday evening...

A snag that threatened to delay modernization work on all public housing developments across the country has apparently been sidestepped, paving the way for the rehabilitation of the Chicago Housing...

The Chicago Housing Authority`s $14 million plan to renovate two vacant lakefront high-rises has hit a major snag following congressional action that will delay rehabilitation work on public housing units...

Mayor Eugene Sawyer strongly denied Thursday that he used any influence in the hiring or firing of Chicago Housing Authority employees with whom he had personal or political ties. However,...

The new leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority, which promised to end political patronage and interference at the cash-strapped agency, is hiring employees with close ties to City Hall, including...

''The Last Temptation of Christ'' opened in Chicago and eight other cities Friday, with protesters contending that the movie`s portrayal of Jesus is blasphemous, while some movie-goers praised it as...

The Chicago Housing Authority plans to spend more than $14 million to renovate two of the six abandoned lakefront high-rises that a developer wants to replace with low-rise, low-income units....

A former personal aide and housekeeper to the late Mayor Harold Washington has been hired by the Chicago Housing Authority to coordinate a new department that includes security for the...

Yauarete (Milton Nascimento); Bird of Paradise (Djavan); Vicio (Simone) (all on Columbia). While many Latin musicians are straining to ''crossover'' into the American market by infecting their music with artificial...