Commercial property values in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s central district of skyscrapers, financial firms and offices that drives much of its economy, dropped by about 7.2% last year amid lower sale ...

Under newly adopted state requirements, universities must answer whether proposed degree programs exercise a "commitment to the core values of American society." Over the summer, the Indiana ...

Nike will use Loop’s Twist resin to decrease the use of virgin and recycled flake polyester in its product lines. Credit: Loop Industries. As part of a multi-year offtake agreement between the ...

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Who’s afraid of declining commercial real estate values in the Loop? We are, and you should be too, especially if you own a home in Chicago. The reason comes into sharp focus in a new report from Cook ...

What happens when the heart of a city begins to falter? In Chicago, the answer is now arriving in the form of property tax bills that are leaving many residents aghast. The median residential bill in ...

This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Chicago homeowners are being walloped with a record property tax hike, with some of the city’s poorest ...