Crain's Daily Gist

Crain’s health care reporter Katherine Davis talks with host Amy Guth about changes in local health care leadership. Plus: Johnson picks CPD vet Larry Snelling as the next Chicago Police chief, Chicago's top public health official Allison Arwady is fired by Mayor Brandon Johnson, Kraft Heinz is getting a new CEO and supermarket closings are the latest blow to South and West side neighborhoods. Hos...

Crain’s reporter Ally Marotti talks with host Amy Guth about Radio Flyer’s first-ever retail location opening in Schaumburg, a new McDonald’s restaurant concept in the works and a redesign for two local Amazon Fresh stores. Plus: A bigger Lollapalooza paid off for Chicago hotels and restaurants; Loretto Hospital workers and management reach agreement, ending 11-day strike; judge orders feds to ret...

Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about news of the week from the local housing market, including the rise of downtown’s super-luxury apartment market and how, unlike other cities, Chicago is safe from running out of home inventory. Plus: Wilmette officials unanimously oppose Northwestern's Ryan Field proposal, Rivian's software chief vows big upgrades...

Crain’s contributor Margaret Littman talks with host Amy Guth about hybrid and remote work reshaping how and where Chicago works. Plus: Moody's cuts U.S. banks on mounting funding costs and office exposure, Thoughtworks to cut hundreds of jobs, GTCR buying part of ADT for $1.6 billion and Lime wants electric scooters on the Lakefront Trail. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm...

Crain’s health care reporter Katherine Davis talks with host Amy Guth about how the Loretto Hospital workers strike is reverberating at other Chicago hospitals, and about the impact of 47,000 Illinois residents losing Medicaid coverage, with more cuts expected. Plus: Chicago's biggest foundations saw assets plunge last year, lender seizes LondonHouse retail space, property loans are so unappealing...

Crain's reporters Steve Daniels and Danny Ecker talk with host Amy Guth about the future, and legacy, of Wirtz Corp. Plus: United Airlines is bulking up in Denver; trucking giant Yellow lays off 3,000 workers here; Sueños generated $181.6 million for Chicago, $67 million more than NASCAR's own estimate for its race weekend; and workers in the Midwest are coming into offices more often than the res...

Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about weekly housing market news, including how Chicago-area new home sales had their biggest spring this year since 2008. Plus: Fed’s Goolsbee wants to see more inflation-easing data before September rate decision, Caterpillar says China demand slowdown even worse than thought, Tesla’s NDA breach claim against Rivian...

Crain's tech reporter John Pletz talks with host Amy Guth about Meta's latest social platform, Threads, and some local companies' strategies for approaching the new space. Plus: Northwestern taps former U.S. AG Loretta Lynch to lead review of athletics department; real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle looks to unload part of HQ; tab for Discover's legal and regulatory misfires estimated at over $50...

Crain's health care reporter Katherine Davis talks with host Amy Guth about the proposed citywide mental health plan, Treatment Not Trauma. Plus: Data suggests America’s air travel boom may have peaked, pay gap between biggest U.S. cities is getting wider as wages slow, United buys former Motorola building in Arlington Heights for ops center and lawsuit against Northwestern alleges football player...

Crain’s contributor Graham Meyer, who writes the weekly Big Ticket column, talks with host Amy Guth about upcoming arts and culture events. Plus: Another Northwestern football player alleges abuse in new lawsuit, American Airlines reaches agreement with pilots on revised union contract, developer proposes nearly 2,500 apartments next to casino site and soon, drivers will need appointments to renew...

Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about local housing news, including how new data reveals Chicago leads the nation in home price growth. Plus: Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz dies at 70; the Biden administration pushes to expand insurance coverage for mental health care; Cook County opioid overdose deaths reach a grim new record, and in 20 months, All...

Crain’s reporter Danny Ecker talks with host Amy Guth about a flurry of suburban office-to-warehouse conversions and why some are being met with community pushback. Plus: Northern Trust quietly chopping 900 jobs, Old Post Office developer looks to defy a brutal market with a new project, Nestle reorganizes Fulton Market-based Vital Proteins and forecast reports back-to-school spending this year ma...

Crain's reporter Ally Marotti talks with host Amy Guth about Potbelly's business strategy, including how a former CEO became its newest franchisee. Plus: A new lawsuit alleges Northwestern football coaching staff knew of and perpetuated abuse; a new name tops the list of Chicago's largest banks, as many see a dip in assets; Zurich looks to shed nearly half its Schaumburg headquarters; CME cuts abo...

As another lawsuit is filed against Northwestern University, Crain's reporter Brandon Dupré talks with host Amy Guth about the latest misconduct accusations extending beyond the football program. Plus: If you live in Cook County, your next property tax bill will be arriving late — again; Choose Chicago commissions a NASCAR economic impact study; Chicago is a player in AI jobs, but lags its peers;...

Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about local housing news, including one forecast that suggests 'muted' demand for city homes through 2030. Plus: Sierra Club aims to sue Trump Tower, U of C Booth school announces 10-month master’s program, Cameo cuts headcount by more than half and the White House asks Walgreens, CVS, Walmart for help promoting drug-c...

Crain's reporter John Pletz joins host Amy Guth to talk about United Airlines, the tentative deal reached with the pilots union and what the airline has done to navigate challenges facing the industry during a busy summer travel season. Plus: First lawsuit filed in NU hazing scandal against former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, trustees, administrators; Outcome Health execs using novel argument to...

Crain's commercial real estate reporter Alby Gallun talks with host Amy Guth about condo deconversions around the city. Plus: As Mayor Johnson prepares his first city budget, he wants ideas from city youth; Chan Zuckerberg biohub will move to new space in Fulton Market; United Airlines pilots reach tentative contract deal; and Legal Sea Foods to replace Dick's Last Resort in Marina Towers. Hosted...

Crain’s reporter Brandon Dupré talks with host Amy Guth about the Northwestern hazing scandal, questions facing the university’s president and the future of its stadium project. Plus: Finalists for Chicago Police chief selected, sent to Johnson for consideration; JPMorgan and Wells Fargo bulk up reserves for office loan losses; Kraft Heinz to open $400 million distribution center in DeKalb; and NA...

Crain's residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about news from the local market, including how big-dollar sales are down by half this year. Plus: Gov. Pritzker issues disaster proclamation over storms in late June and early July, leads contingent of state political and business leaders on U.K. 'trade mission;’ feds say Outcome Health founder still spends lavishly d...

Crain's reporter Steve Daniels talks with Gist host Amy Guth about former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore's 77-page appeal of the "ComEd Four" convictions. Plus: Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is fired amid claims of hazing; Bank of America will pay $250 million to settle the feds' case over extra fees and unauthorized cards; Illinois pot sales turned around in June; and hotel revenue...

Crain's reporter Alby Gallun talks with host Amy Guth about the city's Invest South/West program, its construction costs and where it fits into the broader South and West Side economies. Plus: UChicago and a Massachusetts firm will support startups in Hyde Park lab, hospitals to receive $9 billion after Supreme Court ruling, Out-of-town employers barely saw growth in their Chicago workforces last...

Crain’s Avery Donmoyer talks with host Amy Guth about NASCAR weekend, rain delays, crowd control and where the city might have felt the biggest impacts from the event. Plus: Downtown's office vacancy surge hits new record high, Chicago Fed chair says it's on path to curb inflation without triggering recession, Metra and the state plan to reboot Chicago-Rockford rail service and the birthplace of B...

Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about local housing news, including the Cook County Land Bank Authority’s recent effort to spur homeownership by targeting Englewood rehabs. Plus: Chicago pension debt rises to $35 billion as mayor hunts for fix, longtime Fulton Market building owner looks to cash out of landmarked building, United may cut Newark fligh...

Crain’s Steven Strahler talks with host Amy Guth about possible succession paths for Henry Crown & Co. after the recent death of CEO Jim Crown. Plus: Universities navigate tricky future as SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action, local in-office work figures dip from post-pandemic high, powerful attorney and top academic both being pushed to lead city planning department and Abbott shareholders, in...

Host Amy Guth talks with Crain’s Dennis Rodkin about news from the local housing market and with local real estate agent Mike Conner, who has a message for Chicago residents: Please don’t leave. Plus: Invest South/West projects ring up sky-high construction costs, Medline names new CEO, unemployment nearing record low around metro Chicago and expect to pay less for beef, more for booze this Indepe...