The latest edition of Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Crain’s Forum” examines topics related racial gaps and the impact of inequality, including the lead story that has comments from David Stovall, UIC professor of African American studies…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Portland Press-Herald (Maine) article about a proposed tax increment financing district to redevelop…
A Chicago Tribune article previewing today’s poverty summit hosted by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot includes perspective from Teresa Córdova, director of the Great Cities Institute at UIC and professor of urban planning and…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the UIC Government Finance Research Center, was a guest on NPR Illinois’ “The 21st” to talk about Illinois’ finances and pensions in advance of Governor Pritzker’s budget speech. Listen…
Iván Arenas, associate director for community partnerships in UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, took part in a WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” panel discussion examining Chicago’s declining black population. Findings from the institute’s recent report,…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on a TIF study for the Lincoln Yards project that…
A decreased share of federal funding and fewer seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade are among the outcomes that can occur due to an undercount of residents in…
P.S. Sriraj, director of UIC’s Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article that details the rising costs and delays involved with the reconstruction of the Jane Byrne Interchange. Sriraj says…
John Betancur, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed in a Block Club Chicago article about renters being pushed out of homes in Pilsen and Logan Square when landlords sell their…
Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is a featured expert in a WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” segment on the first phase of plans by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to change…
