Here’s how officials want to spend new transit funding this year • Water Tower Place to get $170 million makeover, accelerating the Magnificent Mile’s recovery
Working Lunch Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The phased demolition of the Lincolnwood Town Center is expected to begin in May. | | | | | Last fall, state lawmakers approved landmark transit funding legislation they say will transform Chicago-area public transit with the help of a planned sales tax hike and a diversion of a portion of the state’s sales tax on motor fuel to public transportation. | | | | | The 813,000-square-foot mall, long the retail anchor of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, fell on hard times after getting hit by the rise of online retail and then the pandemic. | | | | | Former West Suburban Medical Center staff decry broken air conditioning and elevators, space heaters, even preventable amputations. | | | | | U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick for help in ending the union lockout at the BP Whiting refinery. | | | | | Nearly 100 graduate students on 16 teams at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and its Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation brainstormed throughout the school year on ways to keep sports teams in the city. | | | | | This home has a four-seasons room with built-in speakers and panoramic views. | | | | | Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. | | | |