The 90-year-old Pabst mansion in Glencoe, extensively rehabbed in the 2010s, sold Friday for $17.5 million, the highest price anyone has paid for a Chicago-area home so far in 2026.
Airport lounge crowds and confusion infuriate high-spending flyers
The post-pandemic travel boom, combined with rising demand for premium credit cards and luxury experiences, has been hugely profitable for airlines but also hugely frustrating for many of their highest-frequency customers.
A City That Works: Renters would pay the price for Johnson’s protection plan
Chicago’s proposed renter ordinance adds protections but also costs that could mean higher rents, fewer units and tougher tenant screening.
Illinois donors crack nation’s top 50 political givers
Several donors with Illinois ties contributed nearly $180 million this election cycle, according to a Washington Post analysis led by Dick and Liz Uihlein.
Chicago’s first new medical school in a century opens to bridge mental, physical health gap
The school, referred to as IllinoisCOM, is designed to address a nationwide shortage of primary care physicians, expose med students to working underserved communities and to treat patients’ mental and physical health as an interconnected whole.
Locals put dibs on new houses in Elk Grove Village lottery
At an Elk Grove Village banquet hall, local residents got early access to the town's first new subdivision in the 21st Century. Ten put down contracts.
Feds subpoena Chicago law firms in Trump’s fight with ABA
The White House is looking for information about law firm decisions regarding executive orders while fighting subpoenas about internal communications.
Weiss Memorial gets another six months to reopen or close for good
The votes allow two health systems, Resilience Healthcare and Prime Healthcare, which are both dealing with financially strapped safety nets, to work through separate legal issues.
