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Residents of Chicago woke up Tuesday morning to the worst air quality in the world, with hazy skies and the smell of smoke. Windy City residents weren’t the only ones dealing with the conditions ...
“Chicago is a blue city and Illinois is a blue state but people are starting to wake up,” Brooks told The Post last week at his church. “It’s not about the person, it’s about the policies.
(The Center Square) – Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit. Monday morning, the city council started ...
The July 1995 Chicago heat wave led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. [1] Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents of the city, who did not have air conditioning, or had air conditioning but could not afford to turn it on, and did not open windows or sleep outside for fear of crime. [2]
Chicago has a small community of Swedish Americans, who make up 0.9% of Chicago's population and number at 23,990. [32] After the Great Chicago Fire, many Swedish carpenters helped to rebuild the city, which led to the saying "the Swedes built Chicago." [33] Swedish influence is evident in Andersonville on the far north side.
Chicago also has a sizable non-Christian population. Non-Christian groups include Irreligious (22%), Judaism (3%), Islam (2%), Buddhism (1%) and Hinduism (1%). [196] Chicago is the headquarters of several religious denominations, including the Evangelical Covenant Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It is the seat of several ...
In fact, 53% of Chicago residents polled said they oppose CTU’s plan to end TIFs and fund CPS with TIF money. While we acknowledge CPS’ ongoing budget struggles, we believe there are other ...
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [3]