Abby Miller

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Abby Miller

A Manhattan-based staffing agency is expanding to Chicago with plans to address the lack of trained workers in the city’s hotels, restaurants and event management companies. HMG+ will open an event staffing, training and recruiting hub in Fulton Market this June at 1621 W. Walnut St. The hub, on the building’s top floor, aims to fill the labor gap that still lingers in the hospitality industry after the pandemic.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Abby Miller |Fran Spielman |Stephanie Zimmermann

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Después de meses en los que el público no pudo utilizar la plaza frente al río afuera del Hotel & Torre Trump International, la administración del edificio cedió el martes y movió las cercas con letreros de “prohibido pasar” bajo la presión de funcionarios de la Municipalidad.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Abby Miller |Fran Spielman |Stephanie Zimmermann

After months of the public being blocked from using the riverfront plaza outside Trump International Hotel & Tower, the building’s management relented Tuesday and moved the fences adorned with “no trespassing” signs under pressure from city officials. The 1.2-acre tiered plaza is supposed to offer 24-hour access to pedestrians under the planned development ordinance for the site at 401 N. Wabash Ave.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Abby Miller |Fran Spielman |Stephanie Zimmermann

After months of the public being blocked from using the riverfront plaza outside Trump International Hotel & Tower, the building’s management relented Tuesday and moved the fences adorned with “no trespassing” signs under pressure from city officials. The 1.2-acre tiered plaza is supposed to offer 24-hour access to pedestrians under the planned development ordinance for the site at 401 N. Wabash Ave.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Abby Miller

Since last fall, Evan Mast and his partner have been looking for a new, larger home in Chicago before the arrival of their second child. They’ve been checking Irving Park and Logan Square, but it’s been a long process, mired by the same pressure point many Chicagoans have felt in recent years: a lack of homes on the market. And Mast, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame, thinks President Donald Trump’s tariffs and fears of a recession in the U.S. may add fuel to the fire.