Heeding opposition from Black clergy and the Black Caucus, the City Council voted 26 to 19 not to impose a ban on the sale of ...
Several Black aldermen and clergy members rallied ahead of the meeting to urge the council to vote down a proposal from Ald.
The fur ban ordinance was an effort to fight animal cruelty, but opponents say it would have closed historic Chicago ...
The Hastings meatball was made popular by Dutch patisserie-chef immigrant Gerard Denijs, who in 1953, introduced New Zealand ...
Alderpeople rejected Ald. Ray Lopez's proposal to ban the sale of new fur products by a 19-26 vote. Local fur shop owners ...
A City Council letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia is yet another response ...
Gerard Brown, owner of Island Furs, a fur salon, shows the storage room of the store on March 4, 2025. Island Furs is at risk because of a potential fur ban that the Chicago City Council might ...
This column is about virtuous people I’ve encountered over the years. They are people who possess an abundance of character and integrity and are worthy of our admiration and respect.
With the federal election rapidly approaching, it is an unfortunate reality that the nation’s anti-Semitism crisis will be ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Furriers will be sticking around Chicago after City Council ... the community and doing our best to be apart of the economic growth of our city," Island Furs owner Gerard Brown ...