Anthony Beale

Beale, who's held the post since 1999, secured 60 percent of the vote, assuring him a seventh term in City Council.

The funds will pay for infrastructure, rehab, cleanup and other work to build on large industrial sites.

Voters must decide who will lead them as the 9th Ward sees increased development.

Candidates Cleopatra Draper and Cameron Barnes are now the sole challengers to incumbent Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) on the ballot.

Alderpeople approved a "transit TIF" district covering properties up to a half-mile from the Red Line between Madison Street and Pershing Road.

The Bally's-operated casino still needs approval from the Illinois Gaming Board to operate.

The Pullman Hotel Group hopes to build a $20 million Hampton By Hilton on 4 acres of what is now Pullman Park, a redevelopment of an old steel site.

Developers want to build Hampton by Hilton Hotel on part of Pullman Park and a Save A Lot grocery store that could serve thousands of residents in a Far South Side food desert.

The Culver's at 111th Street and Doty Avenue is the latest company to come to Pullman as local leaders try to boost the neighborhood's economy.

The restaurant will be the first stand-alone, casual sit-down dining option opening in the community in years, according to Culver's.

City Council will now vote on Lightfoot's push to allow weed shops in much of Downtown at the next City Council meeting, which is set for Monday.

The homes, which have sat vacant for decades, will be restored and sold as affordable housing.

Baron Waller and business partner Ronald Wells were enticed to the site with a $250,000 grant from the city's Neighborhood Opportunity Fund,

Although some aldermen say little has changed since Lightfoot sought to limit aldermanic veto power, others are pushing back. “Unfortunately what we’ve seen so far is much worse: mayoral prerogative," one alderman said.

The clock tower restoration is part of $34 million in restoration work happening in the historic Pullman District.

Volunteers cleaned up lots in West Pullman and Homan Square as part of a wider beautification effort.

The homes are part of the Pullman railroad company's historic neighborhood but have fallen into disrepair.

Supplies can be picked up in the parking lot at 209 E. 103rd Street, across from the Metropolitan Family Services office.

“We’re still trying to rebound from the looting, and with COVID-19 still going around, people don’t have work, people are struggling and we’re trying to help out every way we can,” Ald. Anthony Beale said.