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Losing time on the Dan Ryan Expressway

Chicago commuters are familiar with the minutes, hours and ultimately days annually lost while sitting in northbound rush hour traffic. A recently released report identified one stretch of the highway as the second-worst traffic bottleneck in the country. [...]

Chicago is well-represented in Bravo's Top Chef Masters competition

On the heels of last year’s win by Frontera Grill’s Rick Bayless, this year, five Chicago chefs — the most contestants from one city — are in the field of 22 for Bravo TV’s Top Chef Masters. For this week’s Chicago Explainer story, I created a culinary tale of the tape of Second City’s five local [...]

Chicago Explainer: How does Illinois certify its election results?

There’s nothing quite like Illinois politics.

Tuesday’s Election Day turnout was much lower than expected, but three statewide races (the Democratic and GOP governor’s race primaries and the state comptroller race) were so close they are currently decided by less than one vote per [...]