I love this! No opinion on their politics, but love that they’re running. “Hadiya Afzal, Ja’Mal Green and Berto Aguayo are three young candidates seeking office for the first time.” | learn more
Listeners of WBEZ asked them to find out the costs, and the radio station did the research to deliver! “When it began in 1959, the Chicago Air and Water Show had a budget of $88.” Obviously it costs more now… | learn […]
Chicago magazine interviewed a dozen trauma surgeons affiliated with local Level-1 certified hospitals. They compiled their anonymous quotes featuring observations and stories. | learn more
“Airbnb hosts throughout Chicago are concerned and confused after receiving letters last week from the city, informing them their units must be taken off Airbnb’s platform in seven days or potentially face fines.” | learn more
This is an interesting roundup of cool new concepts by CB Insights. Sad that none of them are in Chicago yet. | learn more
Mayor Rahm Emanuel gets credit for this one! “At Wednesday’s Council meeting, Emanuel will introduce an ordinance that will allow restaurants and retailers now required to purchase a two-year license to, instead, choose a license as short as five days.” | learn […]
The city needs more cops, and this new relaxed policy on prior drug use should help build the top of the funnel. I didn’t know that prior marijuana use had been a roadblock to becoming a police officer! | learn more
“A multimillion-dollar deal between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Stephen Calk, the man who would later become Paul Manafort’s banker, was supposed to deliver 400 new jobs to the city. Here’s what really happened.” | learn more
Closely tied to the ‘dark kitchen’ article above, Travis Kalanick has a new startup called Cloud Kitchens that’s bringing kitchen infrastructure to delivery-only restaurants in Chicago, NYC, and SF. | learn more
Andrew Chen, investor at a16z, explains why he thinks scooter startups are important and strategic to the future of transportation. I, for one, can’t wait for some bold company to bring these to Chicago so I can try! | learn more