Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Thursday it would build a $5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition between cities and states to offer tax cuts and incentives that could bring 50,000 new jobs. More »
Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, escalating a pushback against a federal immigration crackdown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday. More »
Republican nominee Donald Trump speaks at ”Joni’s Roast and Ride” in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration on Saturday... More »
CHICAGO Yoko Ono will erect Sky Landing, her first permanent public art installation in the Americas, in a park in Chicago next year, the city announced on Friday. Neither Ono nor Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel described the public art work that will be installed ... More »
CHICAGO Movie director Spike Lee, known for films that deal frankly with racial issues, appeared in Chicago on Thursday to defend his planned movie about the city, after its reported title, “Chiraq,” was criticized by local politicians. Speaking at a South Sid... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised on Wednesday after his re-election to take a more conciliatory approach in tackling the serious problems facing the nation’s third-largest city. “The challenges we have are hard. They don’t need to be mad... More »
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rahm Emanuel may have been elected to a second term as Chicago’s mayor on Tuesday but now he faces a stark choice: inflict pain on the city’s population in the form of unpopular measures such as higher taxes or kick its problems fu... More »
