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University of Chicago Crime Lab adds to leadership team
The University of Chicago Crime Lab, a research organization used by the Chicago Police Department, is shaking up its leadership team, including bringing on a public policy veteran. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Pawan Naidu is a general assignment reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business. Before joining Crain’s...
Opinion: A health disparity so urgent that litigation may be the only cure
An ongoing threat of maternal fatality disproportionately affects Black women in Chicago. As an attorney, I have litigated numerous maternal death cases that underscore the persistent and alarming risk faced by women of color. Both pharmacy giants are ailing. But one has an over-the-counter remedy. Many of us have learned...
DePaul gets $2.6M donation to create a new business tech institute
DePaul University has landed a multimillion-dollar donation to form an academic hub focused on leadership in business technology. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Columbia College had a huge drop in freshman enrollment. Where does it go from here?. The embattled liberal arts college is coming off one...
Obama heads to Wisconsin in Trump-Harris battle for Black voters
When early voting starts in the swing state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, former President Barack Obama will be there to urge Black residents to hit the polls and choose Kamala Harris. His job is getting tougher. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. A jury saw a portion of...
Warehouse demand dropped off in Q3. Why didn't vacancy jump?
Companies lost much of their appetite for Chicago-area warehouse space over the last three months. Luckily for landlords, the industrial development boom has slowed down, too. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Herrick, a member of Crain's 40 Under 40 class of 2020 who was named deputy head...
Madigan’s approach to power at center of opening statements in his corruption trial
On a hot Tuesday in July 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan met with then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis at the speaker’s law offices in a high rise building at the heart of downtown Chicago. With Harris losing ground with Black men across the country, the former president's job is...
Huntington Bank shuttering six Chicago-area branches
Huntington Bank is closing six branches in the Chicago area. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Mark Weinraub is a banking and finance reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business. He joined Crain's in 2023 from Reuters, where he spent the bulk of his career writing about commodities, agriculture, Chicago’s futures exchanges, government and other industries. Weinraub also previously worked in the agency’s Washington and New York bureaus. He is a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
Walgreens' rocky road amid new CEO's vision: Crain's Daily Gist podcast
Walgreens is closing stores and bleeding cash, but the new CEO insists the company is hitting long-term marks. Crain’s health care reporter Katherine Davis talks about the Deerfield-based company with host Amy Guth. Plus: Sterling Bay puts bioscience center near Lincoln Yards up for sale, Boeing union presents new...
Pritzker still unmoved by calls for a state handout to Reinsdorf
When asked whether the Chicago White Sox are going to stay in Chicago amid rumors that owner Jerry Reinsdorf is in talks to potentially sell the team to a Nashville group, Gov. JB Pritzker offered fresh evidence he hasn’t changed his mind about giving public money to a private sports team.
Big downtown Arlington Heights apartment complex up for sale
Canadian financial services giant Manulife Financial is looking to cash out on a large apartment building northwest of Chicago. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Rachel Herzog is a commercial real estate reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business. She joined Crain’s in 2023 from The Real Deal, where she...
Illinois officials call out illicit sales, THCA for eating into legal cannabis sales
Officials estimate that more than one-third of the state's cannabis use originates in the illicit market. Illinois’ cannabis industry hit new heights in fiscal year 2024, with adult-use sales eclipsing $2 billion and dozens of new dispensaries opened their doors. But the latest annual cannabis report from the state also reveals a market still wrestling with persistent illicit sales and an emerging threat from unregulated hemp-derived products.
Boeing union presents new proposal that would end strike to members
The union representing 33,000 striking Boeing Co. workers is presenting members with a proposal to end the work stoppage, saying the plan includes several key improvements over the planemaker’s previous offers. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. These kinds of disputes happen often in the supply chain,...
Ken Griffin’s $9M unfinished penthouse lasted only 2 days on the market
An unfinished penthouse condo floor that Ken Griffin put on the market at $9 million Wednesday landed a buyer in just two days. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Two years after village officials pivoted from trying to stop demolitions to offering incentives for keeping an old house...
Judge tosses libel suit Ald. Sigcho-Lopez filed against former opponent
A Cook County judge has thrown out a libel lawsuit filed by Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, against an opponent he faced in last year's election. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Justin Laurence is a reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business covering politics and policy from City Hall to...
Feds begin airlifting Baxter medical supplies to curb shortage
As production at a key medical supply plant owned by Baxter International remains paused, the federal government is helping the company airlift in critical medical supplies, with first flights arriving tomorrow. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. Katherine Davis is a health care reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business,...
Cog Hill's time on the global golf stage may have passed — but its owners are holding on
Passionate golfers, always willing to travel, typically compile so-called bucket lists—their personal catalogues of great clubs around the nation they hope to visit and play someday. The lists even extend internationally, with virtually every low-handicapper dreaming of treading the fairways at St. Andrews and other Scottish courses of legend they’ve seen on TV hosting prestigious tournaments.
CVS ousts CEO Karen Lynch, names Caremark head as new chief
CVS Health Corp. named David Joyner as its new chief executive officer, ending a tumultuous tenure for Karen Lynch at the pharmacy giant. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. After two failed attempts with the FDA, AbbVie now has one more offering in its lineup — a critical...
Chicago firm looks to unload properties near Lincoln Yards
A local apartment developer has put a pair of properties near the planned Lincoln Yards campus up for sale, a test of investor appetite for real estate surrounding the stalled megaproject. Subscribe and get access to Crain's Chicago Business. The university reversed course just as preliminary construction had finally begun...
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