When the entertainers of the right aren't declaring their disgust with Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending he's an exemplar of what they call "the Chicago way."
Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago
UPDATE: The FAA computer glitch has been resolved, though problems continue to ripple across the country from the nearly five hour computer outage. Ge...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
After draining reserve funds generated by city asset sales, Mayor Daley has hitched Chicago's financial future to continuing the Great Chicago sell-of...
Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.
Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
But if you're waiting in Chicago, your wait could be a long one -- the average wait for a delayed flight at a Chicago airport was 65.7 minutes....
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago
On Wednesday, Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino used a so-called "Airports Going Green" conference to float an idea pioneered in Portland that ...
AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A $2.5 billion first-of-its-kind deal to privatize a major U.S. airport has collapsed amid the global credit crunch, city officials sa...
AP | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO - Chicago officials say they're still talking with a group of private investors about a new closing date to lease Midway International Airport...
AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Chicago
The credit crunch is threatening plans to lease Midway Airport to private investors for $2.5 billion. A Chicago official says an April 6 closing date...
Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago
The Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the privatization of Midway Airport has been delayed because the new operator still is negotiating s...
AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago
One of the busiest days of the holiday travel season is here. The Chicago Department of Aviation says Tuesday, the day before Christmas Eve, should...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago
Fed up with snow-covered side streets and ice-packed intersections, an influential alderman demanded Thursday that Mayor Daley set aside $1 million ap...
Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago
Southwest Airlines won approval from a bankruptcy court Tuesday to buy ATA Airlines Inc.'s slots at LaGuardia International Airport in New York for $7...
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Snowfall and blustery winds have caused the cancellation of more than 50 flights Monday morning at O'Hare International Airport. Delays at O'Hare are...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago
If only Thanksgiving came along every week, Chicago airports could lift the city through rough economic times. But airport-generated revenues are slu...
Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago
Southwest Airlines Co. is trying to crack the New York market, the crown jewel of business travel, by making a bid to buy bankrupt ATA Airlines' slots...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley's administration plans to eliminate the jobs of more than two dozen people who translate and answer questions for international vi...
ABC 7 | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago
Chicago's O'Hare Airport did not fare well in a ranking of on-time statistics for the country's major airports. Of the 32 major U.S. airports, Midway...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago
Richard Rodriguez would like hungry passengers to have more choices of ethnic foods to buy while traveling through Chicago's airports. As the city's ...
Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago
Chicago's $2.52-billion Midway Airport privatization deal is expected to win final clearance by yearend, the Federal Aviation Administration's top air...
Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago
Midway Airport is arguably one of the city of Chicago's better-run operations, offering relatively affordable flights out of a facility that's clean, ...
Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago
UPDATE The City Council approved the 99-year, $2.5 Billion lease of Midway Airport 49-0 Wednesday. Aldermen are already divvying up the expected $1...
Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley says the city has reached a landmark agreement to privatize Midway Airport for $2.521 billion. The deal will net the city more th...
Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago
Southwest Airlines Co. is eliminating 22 flights from Midway Airport, the most cuts of any city, as it adjusts its winter flight schedule to offset th...
Thomas Frank | Posted 12.09.2009 | Chicago