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DePaul budget for arena increases $12.5 million

DePaul budget for arena increases $12.5 million

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2014

DePaul will pay $12.5 million more than the previously planned $70-75 million for the university’s new basketball arena in the South Loop, bringing DePaul’s new estimated amount to $82.5 million. In...

AP: Chicago-area universities help with Obama library bid

AP: Chicago-area universities help with Obama library bid

The Associated Press December 8, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — Several Chicago-area universities are joining forces to help persuade President Barack Obama to build his library at the University of Chicago and not in New York, Honolulu or across...

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks about his future plan for Chicago during a visit to a city maintenance facility in Chicago. Chicago is set to become the latest U.S. city to raise its minimum wage, as Emanuel fast-tracks a politically popular plan to reach $13 per hour amid his bid for a second term and criticism that he's out-of-touch with working people. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Chicago set to raise minimum wage

Brenden Moore December 2, 2014

Chicago is a getting a raise. The city council on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of Mayor Emanuel’s plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. The move comes after...

Former Mayor Jane Byrne's funeral held at St. Vincent dePaul Church

Former Mayor Jane Byrne’s funeral held at St. Vincent dePaul Church

Brenden Moore November 17, 2014

[slideshow_deploy id='5876'] Former Mayor Jane Byrne was remembered Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Church by Chicagoans of all different backgrounds gathering for her funeral service. The service,...

New rowhouses go up in the shadow of the old Cabrini-Green housing projects. The projects were torn down in conjunction with the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation. Despite the renewal, many former residents of public housing have not benefited and have become homeless in the process. (Playtonc | Wikimedia Commons)

City of light, city of blight: Many in Chicago struggle with poverty and homelessness

Kate Brunea November 16, 2014

Anyone who regularly passes by Clark Street and Belden Avenue in Lincoln Park knows Jackie Robinson, or would at least recognize him.  He is one of thousands in Chicago who after a combination of bad...

Former Mayor Jane Byrne, pictured above at the 1985 Gay Pride Parade, died last week in hospice care. Byrne served from 1979 to 1983 and was the first female mayor of Chicago. (Photo courtesy of Alan Light)

Jane Byrne, former Chicago mayor, dead at 81

Associated Press and Don Babwin November 16, 2014

Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago’s slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the city’s history and become its first female mayor, died Friday. She was 81. Byrne,...

Medical marijuana stirs pot in East Lakeview

Danielle Harris, Former news editor November 16, 2014

The address 2843 N. Halsted St. has remained empty for years after the last business that called it home closed its doors in 2010. That vacancy may soon be filled thanks to a proposal by Chicago-based...

(Illustration by Carolyn Duff / The DePaulia)

Blue light districts: Burglaries, thefts lead all crimes on Chicago-area college campuses

DePaulia Investigation November 9, 2014

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or a 22-year-old DePaul senior, coming home from the gym to her Lincoln Park apartment on a late afternoon in September, the first sign of trouble was the furniture, normally neatly...

A referenda question that asked Illinoisans if the minimum wage should be raised passed with more than two-thirds support. (Seth Perlman | AP)

Chicago college students struggle to pay tuition in absence of higher minimum wage

Nana Aduba-Amoah and Amanda Crane November 9, 2014

For Chicago college students like Venice Adams, raising the minimum wage in Illinois is the only way to continue pursuing a college degree. Adams, a senior at Columbia College Chicago, works two minimum-wage...

A Metra train leaves Downtown Chicago. The suburban rail division of the Regional Transportation Authority announced a fare increse of roughly 10 percent that will take effect as early as February. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Metra fare increase to affect commuter students

Samantha Rivera November 9, 2014

DePaul students who use Metra should expect to pony up as the commuter transit agency announced that it will increase its fares by an average of 10.8 percent as early as this February. The transit...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) lead a protest the closing of nearly 50 CPS schools in 2013. Many CPS schools are under resourced, especially in comparison to wealthier suburban districts. (Charles Rex Arbogast | AP)

Leaving students behind: School funding formula widens gap between rich and poor schools in Illinois

Molly Shiroishi November 9, 2014

Twenty-five thousand dollars could buy a sailboat, a new Toyota Prius, 25 flights round-trip from Chicago to Tokyo or a night in a Grand Deluxe room at the Trump International Tower, for a month. Yet...

Airplane noise by O’Hare plagues Northwest Side, suburbs of Chicago

Julian Hayda November 9, 2014

Update Nov. 11: The original article stated Rep. Quigley's office was unreachable for comment. After publication, Quigley's office provided the following statement: “The Quiet Skies Caucus and request...

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