To effectively reduce homelessness in a sustainable way, Chicago leaders should shrink the city’s influence in the housing market.
Mike Viola: Chicago needs to reset on homelessness
Day: August 13, 2024
‘Crisis mode’: Housing providers are being squeezed by rising insurance costs, driving rents up. Unlike other states, Illinois can do little about it.
Insurance experts say many rental building owners have seen their insurance costs increase between 10% and 20% in recent months and years.
Editorial: The crisis at Western Illinois University and beyond
There are painful realities that have to be faced by Western Illinois and other enrollment-challenged schools.
The home buying and selling process is changing. Here’s what you need to know in Illinois.
The way real estate agents get paid is shifting, following landmark settlement agreements that resulted from numerous class-action, antitrust lawsuits brought by home sellers over the commissions they paid to real estate brokers.
Things to do Aug 15-21 in Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs
Here are some events occurring the week of Aug. 15-21 in Doings and Pioneer Press suburbs.
Column: Are comic strips still a part of your daily life?
For those who still read newspapers the old-fashioned way, on paper and ink, the comic pages never really went away. The Tribune played a part in their story.
Letters: Let’s end the ‘stolen valor’ brouhaha over Tim Walz and JD Vance
Serving in the military, reserves or National Guard deserves praise, not ridicule.
How will CTA handle the Democratic National Convention crowds? ‘I’m very concerned’
Some additional CTA ‘L’ service could be added in anticipation of DNC crowds, but riders are worried.
Today in Sports History: The first roller derby begins in Chicago
In 1935, The first roller derby begins in Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.
Today in History: East Germany closes Berlin border
On Aug. 13, 1961, on what would become known as Barbed Wire Sunday, East Germany sealed the border between Berlin’s eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years.