SHARESHAREFormer Mayor Richard M. Daley and his son Patrick Daley are among the financial backers of a venture that’s cashing in by financing rehabbers who buy homes from the Cook County Land Bank Authority and flip them for double, triple, even 50 times the amount they paid the county months earlier.The company, Renovo Financial, has financed 75 purchases over the past five years of homes that were then refurbished and sold. Sixty-five of the properties financed by Renovo have been resold at a median of $145,341 over what the rehabbers paid the land bank, records obtained by the Chicago...…SHARESHAREFormer Mayor Richard M. Daley and his son Patrick Daley are among the financial backers of a venture that’s cashing in by financing rehabbers who buy homes from the Cook County Land Bank Authority and flip them for double, triple, even 50 times the amount they paid the county months earlier.The company, Renovo Financial, has financed 75 purchases over the past five years of homes that were then refurbished and sold. Sixty-five of the properties financed by Renovo have been resold at a median of $145,341 over what the rehabbers paid the land bank, records obtained by the Chicago...WW…

SHARETwo of the CTA’s busiest bus routes — the No. 79 that runs along 79th Street and the No. 49 on Western Avenue — have recorded the most coronavirus cases among bus drivers, with nine drivers on each run falling ill over a six-month span, records show.Three other routes — the No. 4, No. 8 and No. 22 — each saw eight CTA drivers infected with COVID-19 over the same period.Four more routes — the No. 3, No. 20, No. 29 and No. 72 — had seven drivers each diagnosed with the virus.La Voz AARPLea este artículo en español en , un servicio presentado por AARP Chicago.Together, those nine routes...…SHARETwo of the CTA’s busiest bus routes — the No. 79 that runs along 79th Street and the No. 49 on Western Avenue — have recorded the most coronavirus cases among bus drivers, with nine drivers on each run falling ill over a six-month span, records show.Three other routes — the No. 4, No. 8 and No. 22 — each saw eight CTA drivers infected with COVID-19 over the same period.Four more routes — the No. 3, No. 20, No. 29 and No. 72 — had seven drivers each diagnosed with the virus.La Voz AARPLea este artículo en español en , un servicio presentado por AARP Chicago.Together, those nine routes...WW…

SHAREOn election night, Illinois’ 20 Electoral College delegates went to Joe Biden. But even though the state “went blue,” not every county did. See how your county voted in the presidential election using the map below.This map displays Illinois 2020 presidential election vote totals as of 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2020. Results are courtesy of the Associated Press. Caroline Hurley/Sun-Times.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestThey were in the 7100 block of South State Street when they were struck by gunfire, police said.They were in the 2100 block of West Adams Street when they were shot, police...…SHAREOn election night, Illinois’ 20 Electoral College delegates went to Joe Biden. But even though the state “went blue,” not every county did. See how your county voted in the presidential election using the map below.This map displays Illinois 2020 presidential election vote totals as of 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2020. Results are courtesy of the Associated Press. Caroline Hurley/Sun-Times.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestThey were in the 7100 block of South State Street when they were struck by gunfire, police said.They were in the 2100 block of West Adams Street when they were shot, police...WW…

SHAREHold it.Public urination tickets fell 66% during the coronavirus pandemic, city data shows.Through mid-August of this year, 973 public urination tickets had been doled out by Chicago police, a significant decrease compared to the 2,899 handed out in the same period of time last year.The neighborhood that saw the greatest drop was Wrigleyville, where tickets fell from 105 to nine in the 60613 ZIP code — a 91% drop that’s no doubt associated with a massive reduction of beer-swilling revelers as Wrigley Field remains off limits to fans and neighboring bars, which were closed for a time,...…SHAREHold it.Public urination tickets fell 66% during the coronavirus pandemic, city data shows.Through mid-August of this year, 973 public urination tickets had been doled out by Chicago police, a significant decrease compared to the 2,899 handed out in the same period of time last year.The neighborhood that saw the greatest drop was Wrigleyville, where tickets fell from 105 to nine in the 60613 ZIP code — a 91% drop that’s no doubt associated with a massive reduction of beer-swilling revelers as Wrigley Field remains off limits to fans and neighboring bars, which were closed for a time,...WW…

SHARESHAREOn his “Boogie Piano Chicago Style,” r taps out a tune on the piano called “Rubbish Boogie,” an upbeat, toe-tapping melody. Another track, “Inside,” is more plodding, clipping along at a slower tempo, a musical version of what it feels like to be sad. Not depressed, just a little sad.“There’s a difference between being depressed and between being sad,” says Helfer, sitting in his backyard on the North Side. “But the thing is you have to have all of those emotions in order to play music. You know, it’s part of what music is about.”At 84, Helfer has experienced a lifetime of joy and...…SHARESHAREOn his “Boogie Piano Chicago Style,” r taps out a tune on the piano called “Rubbish Boogie,” an upbeat, toe-tapping melody. Another track, “Inside,” is more plodding, clipping along at a slower tempo, a musical version of what it feels like to be sad. Not depressed, just a little sad.“There’s a difference between being depressed and between being sad,” says Helfer, sitting in his backyard on the North Side. “But the thing is you have to have all of those emotions in order to play music. You know, it’s part of what music is about.”At 84, Helfer has experienced a lifetime of joy and...WW…

SHAREEditor’s note: As of July 29, the state is no longer using a 3-day average to gauge test positivity. It is using a 7-day average test positivity rate. The triggers for tighter restrictions below have been updated to reflect those changes.On July 15, Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled to mitigate the continued spread of COVID-19 in Illinois, splitting up the state into 11 regions instead of the four regions outlined in The new guidelines aim to take a more granular approach to coronavirus mitigation, targeting smaller areas than the original plan did and separating Chicago into its own...…SHAREEditor’s note: As of July 29, the state is no longer using a 3-day average to gauge test positivity. It is using a 7-day average test positivity rate. The triggers for tighter restrictions below have been updated to reflect those changes.On July 15, Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled to mitigate the continued spread of COVID-19 in Illinois, splitting up the state into 11 regions instead of the four regions outlined in The new guidelines aim to take a more granular approach to coronavirus mitigation, targeting smaller areas than the original plan did and separating Chicago into its own...WW…