After years of arguments about whether Wal-Mart would be good for Chicago, the big-box retailer finally got its foot in the door--and the city can now...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
Now that Mayor Daley's Olympic dream has gone up in flames, a South Side alderman is turning up the heat for City Council approval of Chicago's second...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
A new Tribune/WGN poll found that 68 percent of city residents would like to see a new Wal-Mart store in Chicago, and 72 percent say Wal-Mart would be...
Chicago Sun-Times | MARY MITCHELL | Posted 05.25.2011
In many areas starved for retail businesses, welcoming a Wal-Mart would be a no-brainer. But Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) is having one heck of a time...
NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 05.25.2011
On the face of it, a new poll commissioned by Wal-Mart sounds convincing - and massive ... ...
Crain's Chicago Business | Monee Fields-White | Posted 05.25.2011
A new Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce poll showed many Chicagoans want a second Wal-Mart store in the city....
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Supporters of Wal-Mart's controversial bid to open a second Chicago store, at 83rd at Stewart in Chatham, now have starpower on their side. Chicago h...
Ald. Howard Brookins | Posted 05.25.2011
Many of our neighborhoods are suffering in food deserts and increasing violence, yet we are slamming our doors to the one food retailer who is ready to invest in our poorest neighborhoods without asking for any financial incentives?
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Richard Daley and officials with Wal-Mart appeared at a green jobs news conference today, so it was inevitable that talk would turn to Wal-Mart'...
Chicago Tribune | Sandra M. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to hold a farmers market on Saturday at the vacant site where it wants to build its second city store as it steps up pressu...
Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 05.25.2011
A move to bring a second Wal-Mart store within city limits has been stalled once again....
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Richard Daley contends there is no chance the latest effort to have a Wal-Mart built on Chicago's South Side will succeed. Daley said Thursday ...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether the city should allow Wal-Mart to expand its presence here - a political donnybrook that gave birth to the big-box minimum wage ordinance that...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011
Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) said Monday he plans to introduce an amended redevelopment agreement at the April 22 Council meeting that would allow Wal-...
Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 05.25.2011
It's called kicking the can down the road. In 2006, Mayor Richard M. Daley took a political hit that still reverberates today. The Service Employee In...
Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 05.25.2011
Opposition to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is stiffening at City Hall even as the retailer pitches its expansion as an antidote to recession. [...] The reason...
Progress Illinois | Adam Doster | Posted 05.25.2011
While Wal-Mart has clearly expressed interest in reviving efforts to open several stores in Chicago, the mega-retailer and ally Mayor Daley have kept ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Citing the need for new investment to boost the sagging local economy, Wal-Mart is preparing a new push for approval of as many as five new stores in ...
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