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Drivers for ride-hailing apps demand city ordinance improving safety, pay

If passed, the Chicago Rideshare Living Wage and Safety Ordinance would raise drivers’ wages, improve their safety and create a transparent system to handle driver deactivations.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2023

South Loop gets its first recreational weed dispensary

It’s been six months since Matthew Brewer celebrated the opening of Grasshopper Club’s first shop in Logan Square. Opening its second shop at 58 E. Roosevelt Road was no easier, he said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 10, 2023

NASCAR in Chicago was ‘a commercial for the city,’ but is it worthy of a 2024 repeat?

CHICAGO — The NASCAR Chicago street race was shaping up to be a disaster.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 4, 2023

Candidates for open City Council seats in South Side’s 4th, 5th Wards focus on public safety, development

A state lawmaker and the outgoing incumbent’s chief of staff are vying for the open seat in the 4th Ward. And just to the south, a lawyer is competing against a religious charity director in the 5th Ward.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 22, 2023

New faces from South Side head to Council runoffs, while three incumbents hold on

Incumbents Michelle Harris (8th), Anthony Beale (9th) and Jeanette Taylor (20th) had comfortable leads Tuesday evening. With a wide field of candidates, at least some races are expected to be headed to April 4 runoffs, preliminary returns show.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023

South Side candidates rush to succeed departing King in 4th Ward, oust appointed Lee in 11th Ward

With Ald. Sophia King running for mayor instead of reelection, six candidates are hoping to replace her in the 4th Ward. In the 11th Ward, appointed Ald. Nicole Lee faces six challengers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2023

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.

WEKU · Aug 24, 2022

R&B Hall of Fame headed to Mississippi town

The project is the culmination of a 50-year effort to build a hall of fame for R&B musicians such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022

R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town

The National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to the small Mississippi Delta town of Marks

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022