State's in hock, and all of us are on the hook (Chicago Sun-Times)
Mark Brown: Illinois: Land of Deadbeats. Who am I talking about? Me, you, every last one of us who makes this state our home.
Graffiti artist, chased by police, jumps in river, dies (Chicago Tribune)
Friends of a graffiti artist who died after plunging into the Chicago River in a chase with police paid tribute the best way they knew how Wednesday: spray-painting a mural in his memory on a brick wall behind a Radio Shack in Chicago 's Edgewater neighborhood. "Just because he was a graffiti artist doesn't mean he was a bad person," A.J. Harris said of his friend Jason Kitchekeg, 26, a popular ...
Drowned tagger remembered (Chicago Tribune)
Fellow taggers spray-paint mural in his memory Fellow taggers spray-paint mural in his honor.
City, state move to improve nursing home safety (Chicago Tribune)
Officials seek to solve problems in troubled facilities Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes.
City, state move to improve nursing home safety (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes. After two hearings, 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith today introduced ordinance amendments designed to strengthen city inspections of nursing facilities, increase enforcement and penalties and require the homes to make public more details of their financial and ...