Lolly Bowean – Page 14

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore, right, jokes with then-Commerce Secretary Bill Daley aboard Air Force Two just before landing June 15, 2000, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Former Vice President Al Gore to endorse Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley

May 15, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

During a visit to Chicago on Friday, former Vice President Al Gore is expected to endorse the mayoral campaign of Bill Daley, the chairman of his historic 2000 presidential campaign...

The former Target store in Morgan Park on Chicago's South Side sits vacant after folding in February 2019. "This is a great community," one area resident said. "There's no reason people wouldn't come and live here, except we have few shopping options compared to the North Side."

‘I feel cheated’: For some South Side Chicago residents, losing 2 Target stores isn’t just an economic blow

February 8, 2019 at 6:02 p.m.

Claire Addams-Hoffman can still remember the day in 2002 when she stood with neighbors and elected officials to witness the opening of a Target at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Chicago’s...

Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia greets people before a news conference at the Westside Justice Center on Feb. 6, 2019, in Chicago.

Mayoral candidate Amara Enyia releases first Spanish-language TV ad, works toward diverse coalition

May 15, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

Using the release of her first Spanish language campaign commercial as the backdrop, mayoral candidate Amara Enyia said if she’s elected she will bring together a diverse coalition of voices...

The Chicago Housing Authority's Robert Taylor Homes in 1987. The CHA has been involved in a long-running lawsuit that accused it of concentrating poor black residents in high-rises in segregated communities and not allowing them to move into public housing in white neighborhoods.

Price tag for decadeslong public housing discrimination lawsuit against CHA is revealed: $8.5 million in legal fees

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

The Chicago law firm that litigated the longest-running housing discrimination lawsuit in the country, representing a group of low-income black public housing residents, was paid nearly $8.5 million in legal...

Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley speaks during a National Association of Black Journalists – Chicago Chapter and Chicago Sun-Times mayoral forum in Chicago, on Jan. 17, 2019.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush backs Bill Daley for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a powerful voice in the African-American community, has endorsed Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley, he said Thursday night. “The future of this city is dependent on...

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of North Green Street late Jan. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

Some hardy Chicagoans brave the polar vortex to get to work, help others: ‘We just have to buckle down and do our jobs’

August 22, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

Armed with steaming hot coffee and hand warmers, multiple socks and layer upon layer of thermal gear, residents across the Chicago area steeled themselves against an arctic surge that gripped...

<p>Los bomberos de Chicago trabajan cerca de un edificio donde ocurrió un incendio fatal en la cuadra 2000 W. 53rd St., en el vecindario Back of the Yards de Chicago el 30 de enero de 2019.</p>

Muere un hombre y un joven de 16 años en un incendio en Back of the Yards

February 4, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

El miércoles por la mañana , los carámbanos permanecían rígidos en las ventanas quemadas del edificio de tres pisos celeste. Un joven de 16 años y un hombre de 24,...

Chicago firefighters work near a building where a fatal fire occurred in the 2000 block of West 53rd Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Jan. 30, 2019.

Police: Man and 16-year-old boy dead after Back of the Yards fire

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

Wednesday morning, icicles stood stiffly in the burned-out windows on the three-story sky blue frame building. A 16-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man died in a fire at the apartment...

Candidates for 25th Ward alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, from left, Aida Flores, Troy Hernandez, Alex Acevedo and Hilario Dominguez prepare to leave after a forum Jan. 24, 2019, at St. Pius Parish in Pilsen.

At 25th Ward forum, candidates came to talk housing, but had to discuss outgoing Ald. Daniel Solis

May 15, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

The five candidates running to replace Ald. Daniel Solis in the 25th Ward all agree that laws and official policies need to be put in place to curtail displacement and...

Residents look out from a Cabrini-Green public housing high-rise in July 1970. A U.S. Supreme Court decision led to a housing revolution that included the razing of the notorious complex and others like it.

Federal judge approves settlement agreement, ending longest-running housing discrimination case in the country

February 4, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

A federal judge has formally approved a settlement agreement that ultimately will bring an end to the longest-running housing discrimination case in the country, officials said. By approving the settlement,...

All Stories