Chicago Bears to seek public funding in $5bn plan for new lakefront stadium

theguardian.com The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5bn proposal Wednesday for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would…

A skeptical Springfield awaits after Chicago Bears pitch stadium plan backed by mayor

chicagotribune.com The Chicago Bears stood with Mayor Brandon Johnson at Soldier Field on Wednesday to launch their public push for a domed stadium on a reimagined lakefront that could cost…

Doctors and patients loathe ‘step therapy’ rules, but insurers say they’re necessary. An Illinois bill would prohibit the practice

chicagotribune.com Kim Albin has lost count of the number of times she’s had to battle health insurance companies over medications. Albin, who has been living with multiple sclerosis for…

Chicago Bears unveil lakefront stadium plans; ‘I remain skeptical,’ Pritzker says

chicagotribune.com The Chicago Bears — one of the National Football League’s charter franchises — on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new stadium project on the lakefront partly funded by the…

Taxpayers would pick up half the tab for Bears’ lakefront stadium, sources say

chicagotribune.com The Chicago Bears are set to announce a $4.6 billion plan to build a new enclosed stadium and improved lakefront area with half of the money coming from taxpayers, sources…

Chicago Bears to announce plans Wednesday for new domed stadium on lakefront

chicagotribune.com The Chicago Bears have set noon Wednesday to announce plans for a new domed stadium on the lakefront. Team officials will make the announcement at Soldier Field, which would…

Logistics Campus at former Allstate headquarters off to slow start, with plans for lab-grown meat plant on hold

chicagotribune.com When Dermody Properties announced its first tenant in September for the massive logistics campus supplanting the former Allstate headquarters along I-294, only one of five…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says ‘evolution of leadership’ needed at CTA

chicagotribune.com SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for an “evolution of leadership” at the CTA, as embattled agency President Dorval Carter has looked to Springfield for solutions to a…

Black Chicagoans stunned that government finds over $300 million to tackle migrant crisis after ignoring poverty for decades

fortune.com The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests.…

Protestors blocked highway entering O’Hare Airport

chicagotribune.com Protestors gathered with signs in support of Palestine as part of a “multi-city economic blockade” opposing the war in Gaza blocked inbound traffic to Chicago O’Hare…