L.A. considers expanding Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals
Owners of second homes — and Airbnb — stand to reap a windfall under an initiative in Los…
L.A. Mayor Bass offers a hold-the-line budget, with no layoffs and few big increases
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget bombshell last year, stunning the city workforce by proposing widespread…
Chicago Finance Committee approves $27M settlement for family of woman killed in crash involving CPD
The city of Chicago moved a step closer Friday to settling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with a Chicago family…
How a $10M judgment against Chicago became a $27M settlement proposal
In the annals of bizarre legal outcomes, the case scheduled to come before the Chicago City Council’s Finance…
Chicago hotel tax backed by industry to boost tourism advances in City Council
After downtown hotel owners banded together to offer to tax themselves and raise money to boost tourism, aldermen…