In today’s Chicago, buzzwords such as “equitable” and “engagement” are virtual necessities if you want to please City Hall. Sometimes they have worth; sometime they make no sense at all. And even ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. More than 55 million visitors came to Chicago last year as ...

Chicago is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., but people who stick to the city limits are missing a lot of things to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boosted by major events, Chicago was once again a “toddling town” for tourists last year, welcoming 55.3 million visitors, up 6.5% ...

It’s almost summer, which means vacation travel for most Americans. While a majority of Chicago-area residents also plan to get out of town in the next few months, we have a closer-to-home destination ...

The mayor was present at Choose Chicago's annual meeting Thursday, where it was announced that the city wants to increase its number of visitors to 70 million a year. Through its partnership with the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Lollapalooza came to Chicago in 2005 and it's been here ever since. The four-day-long event typically attracts 100,000 people each day to Grant Park. What do big summer events and ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Democratic National Convention is a little more than a month away—on the heels of a number of big events in Chicago this year and this summer. While 50,000 people from across the ...