The Rundown: My Block My Hood My City brings light and beauty to King Drive
The organization has been decorating homes on Chicago’s Martin Luther King Drive with holiday lights, ornaments and other decorations for six years.
The organization has been decorating homes on Chicago’s Martin Luther King Drive with holiday lights, ornaments and other decorations for six years.
Chicago has the title of the country’s “rattiest city.” But there’s also a bunch of feral cats out there combating the issue.
Alderpersons meet to debate a resolution condemning Hamas. New state money for Chicago’s migrant crisis seems unlikely soon. Advocates push for “Karina’s Bill.”
Frustrations over water bills. A proposal to bar campaign cash used for legal defenses. A challenge to one of Indiana’s bans on gender-affirming care.
The investigation into the shooting at the White Sox game continues. City leaders purchased property for a migrant shelter. COVID-19 appears in wastewater.
The Chicago Public Library turns 150 this year. We talk about how the windy city got its public library system and its century-and-a-half of history since.
About 200 unionized staff at a hospital on the West Side have gone on strike over working conditions, primarily: their own safety.
Abortions have stopped in Indiana. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch reviews Northwestern’s athletic department. There’s money to reopen a Green Line stop.
A group of alderpeople want to talk about the migrant crisis. There’s another accusation of misconduct by a Chicago lifeguard. FEMA officials are touring flood damage.
President Joe Biden designated a new national monument yesterday in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, including a church in Bronzeville.