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Why do most older apartment buildings in Chicago have wooden porches instead of iron fire escapes?

Asked by Tom Gossett | Reported by Jennifer Brandel

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Are there any privately-owned doughnut shops in Chicago? Which is the best?

Asked by Anonymous | Reported by Dan Weissmann

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What will happen to all of the furniture, materials and supplies in the closing schools?

Asked by Jenn Adams | Reported by Linda Lutton

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Which is more important to Chicago (historically and today), Lake Michigan or Chicago River?

Asked by Devon Neff | Reported by Chris Bentley and Jennifer Brandel

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What will become of the old (and now vacant) Cook County Hospital?

Asked by Anonymous | Reported by Chris Bentley

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Chicago has an extraordinary number of colleges and universities, what effect do they have on our local economy?

Asked by Dabney

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How does all of Chicago’s produce come into the city? What’s the history of Chicago’s wholesale produce markets?

Asked by Teddy Kent

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How much does the city spend annually on the ornamental planting of flowers and plants, say, along Michigan Ave.? City-wide?

Asked by Chesney Floyd

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I've been seeing these signs with red boxes with a red 'x' through them on houses and other buildings. Most of the houses that have them ar...

Asked by Carrie

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What's it like to live in Chicago on a minimum wage job?

Asked by Anonymous

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Why do most older apartment buildings in Chicago have wooden porches instead of iron fire escapes?

Asked by Tom Gossett

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Why is recycling not available to apartment buildings and certain parts of the city?

Asked by Quetzalli Castro

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How much of Chicago's power comes from natural gas produced through fracking?

Asked by Anonymous

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What happens to all that stuff we so dutifully recycle. Is there a recycling processing plant in Chicago?

Asked by Julie Korzenik

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Is Chicago recycling for real? What happens to our carefully separated recyclables?

Asked by Gianmario Besana

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When should public money go to private projects? Does Chicago do this enough? Too much?

Asked by Anonymous

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Please tell me about the Blue Bin Recycling System. Everything goes into the same bin all together. How does it all get recycled?

Asked by Stephen Glick

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Why has nothing seemingly changed since Illinois raised the income tax?

Asked by Tapan Shah

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Elston Avenue doesn't have a bus line. What factors lead to bus routes being added or removed?

Asked by Corinne Creswell

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What do we still produce here in Chicago in terms of factory made items?

Asked by Jessica

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Are there any privately-owned doughnut shops in Chicago? Which is the best?

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What is the average income of a street performer in Chicago per year? What about a panhandler?

Asked by Melissa

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What will happen to all of the furniture, materials and supplies in the closing schools?

Asked by Jenn Adams

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Which is more important to Chicago (historically and today), Lake Michigan or Chicago River?

Asked by Devon Neff

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Does the city of Chicago (i.e.: taxpayers) pay for the biweekly fireworks displays at Navy Pier?

Asked by Meg

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What will become of the old (and now vacant) Cook County Hospital?

Asked by Anonymous

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Why aren't more people eating local fish from lake Michigan and is great lake commercial fishing still important to Chicagoans ?

Asked by Kevin Hayden

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Why do Chicago and Illinois keep their workers out of Social Security? Whose idea was it to have a separate pension program?

Asked by Anonymous

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Is there a future in the manufacturing business in Chicago?

Asked by Vinay Sheshadri

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What’s the deal with street cleaning? Does it actually do anything?

Asked by Daniel Costalis

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Why are their so many dismal looking motels at the north end of Lincoln Avenue, and WHO stays there?

Asked by Brian Sarfatty

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How much commerce takes place these days on Lake Michigan via ship? How does it compare to the past?

Asked by Mike

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What is Illinois' involvement in the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline? Which state agencies, legislators and companies are involved?

Asked by Sarahlynn Pablo

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What's the history behind old CTA tokens, when did they start, when did they end? What happened to the remaining tokens?

Asked by Anonymous

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How are the profits from the lottery actually allocated? If it is primarily to education, why are CPS schools failing?

Asked by Pauline Pastore

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