| 1 | Apr 16, '20 | BREAKING: The governors of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Kentucky are officially signing on to a multistate pact to coordinate strategies for reopenin | 40.3× | 0 | 3.9k | 1.4k | 49 |
| 2 | Aug 22, '19 | ICYMI => Former Chicago-area congressman turned radio talk show host @WalshFreedom is expected to announce a presidential bid against @realDonaldTrump, perhaps as soon as this w | 35.8× | 0 | 2.7k | 699 | 12 |
| 3 | Apr 17, '23 | Editorial: Weekend pandemonium requires a better response from Brandon Johnson | 29× | 429k | 515 | 80 | 11 |
| 4 | Nov 23, '20 | Following progressive backlash against reports that Rahm Emanuel was being considered for transportation secretary, Joe Biden may now be considering the former Chicago mayor for th | 20.8× | 0 | 572 | 145 | 44 |
| 5 | Apr 27, '23 | Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's transition team includes no one from a major business organization and there's no group working specifically on the city budget and finances, writes @ | 18.1× | 268k | 369 | 78 | 14 |
| 6 | Aug 13, '20 | BREAKING: Macy’s has notified its landlord that it wants to vacate much and possibly all of its huge Magnificent Mile outlet in Water Tower Place, sources tell Crain's. | 16.4× | 0 | 1.3k | 712 | 24 |
| 7 | Feb 7, '24 | Barnes & Noble opening four Chicago-area stores, including at Walgreens' former Wicker Park flagship | 15.7× | 232k | 1.5k | 115 | 51 |
| 8 | Jul 7, '23 | Downtown office vacancy surge hits new record high | 13× | 193k | 184 | 43 | 2 |
| 9 | May 27, '25 | Fitch downgrades Chicago's credit outlook to 'negative' | 12.5× | 184k | 924 | 216 | 47 |
| 10 | May 1, '24 | Bears stadium proposal a 'non-starter,' Team Pritzker says after briefing | 11.6× | 172k | 254 | 44 | 15 |
| 11 | Feb 8, '24 | A new bill in Springfield would ban single-family only zoning across most cities in Illinois, following similar measures that have passed in Oregon, California and Washington state | 11.5× | 170k | 208 | 43 | 26 |
| 12 | Mar 13, '23 | CME Group's CEO told Chicago's mayor to deal with rising violence and that was before his wife was recently carjacked. | 10.0× | 147k | 179 | 47 | 7 |
| 13 | Jul 8, '24 | Cut traffic, connect to the lake to reboot Mag Mile: study | 9.4× | 139k | 262 | 17 | 36 |
| 14 | Jun 18, '25 | Rahm Emanuel confirms he's eyeing a run for president | 8.8× | 130k | 183 | 27 | 14 |
| 15 | Sep 13, '23 | White Sox attendance too low for over a decade for team to owe state fees | 8.2× | 121k | 196 | 54 | 11 |
| 16 | May 25, '23 | Cooper's Hawk closing Chicago location | 7.8× | 116k | 205 | 52 | 3 |
| 17 | Feb 20, '18 | What do you think about the idea for a train that would whisk you from Chicago to Cleveland in 28 minutes? | 7.8× | 0 | 713 | 119 | 1 |
| 18 | Apr 13, '24 | Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy protection | 7.5× | 111k | 266 | 51 | 33 |
| 19 | Jun 15, '23 | T-Mobile, AT&T ditch the Mag Mile | 7.5× | 111k | 170 | 47 | 3 |
| 20 | Aug 25, '19 | .@WalshFreedom announces primary challenge against Trump and apologizes for his past criticism of Obama, saying he and other Tea Party Republicans helped create a partisan politica | 7.1× | 0 | 768 | 240 | 7 |
| 21 | Jun 14, '23 | Home prices in Chicago, but not in the suburbs, have been declining all year, a warning sign that working from home and a crime problem are hurting the city's real estate market. | 6.6× | 98k | 251 | 64 | 5 |
| 22 | Apr 25, '23 | Kim Foxx will not run for re-election, sources say | 5.8× | 86k | 283 | 21 | 3 |
| 23 | Nov 8, '22 | Mellody Hobson talks women and power on Meghan Markle's podcast | 5.8× | 0 | 830 | 206 | 8 |
| 24 | Feb 2, '24 | After serious flirtation with moving to the suburbs — particularly Arlington Heights — the Bears now have made building a new lakefront stadium in Chicago the focus, multiple sourc | 5.7× | 85k | 321 | 53 | 19 |
| 25 | Feb 24, '25 | Opinion: Something amazing is happening — Chicagoans are paying attention to what's going on at City Hall | 5.7× | 85k | 553 | 78 | 11 |
| 26 | Apr 23, '24 | The Loop's comeback is upon us, new report boasts | 5.7× | 84k | 161 | 19 | 25 |
| 27 | Feb 23, '21 | In the past eight months, ten sales of units inside Chicago's Trump Tower went for less than what the sellers initially paid. | 5.6× | 0 | 741 | 201 | 5 |
| 28 | Aug 25, '19 | @WalshFreedom @washingtonpost .@WalshFreedom: "I got personal and I got hateful. I said some ugly things about President Obama that I regret . . . that helped create Trump, and I f | 5.6× | 0 | 596 | 174 | 5 |
| 29 | Mar 11, '23 | None of Paul Vallas' deep-pocketed donors are racist, right-wing ideologues but conservative business people seeking a city that’s safer, less corrupt and more business-friendly, w | 5.4× | 79k | 330 | 55 | 5 |
| 30 | Apr 4, '23 | Opinion: It's time to move beyond the politics of race | 5.2× | 76k | 179 | 32 | 3 |
| 31 | Jul 25, '24 | U.S. Steel South Works site wins massive quantum project | 5.1× | 76k | 225 | 35 | 15 |
| 32 | Oct 23, '17 | Chicago's Coolest Offices, 2017 => The Chicago @Cubs: #ccboffice | 5.1× | 0 | 798 | 167 | 1 |
| 33 | May 2, '23 | Opinion: Johnson needs to stem the tide of businesses leaving town | 4.2× | 62k | 155 | 20 | 2 |
| 34 | Oct 3, '23 | Chicago crowned best big city in the U.S. for seventh year in a row | 4.1× | 61k | 272 | 118 | 8 |
| 35 | Mar 11, '25 | Opinion: This $830M debt plan is Brandon Johnson's parking meter deal | 3.8× | 57k | 476 | 64 | 17 |
| 36 | Sep 11, '23 | Chicago Cubs star Dansby Swanson bought Theo Epstein's house | 3.8× | 57k | 144 | 19 | 5 |
| 37 | Jul 24, '25 | Wrigley Field will host MLB All-Star Game in 2027 | 3.7× | 54k | 378 | 55 | 13 |
| 38 | Jul 12, '22 | Chicago ranks second on best cities in the world list | 3.6× | 0 | 437 | 97 | 10 |
| 39 | Feb 2, '24 | Editorial: For an activist, a win. For a mayor, a pointless gesture. | 3.6× | 54k | 236 | 24 | 10 |
| 40 | Mar 20, '24 | Bring Chicago Home defeat a 'huge loss for the mayor' | 3.5× | 51k | 220 | 14 | 4 |
| 41 | Dec 18, '23 | Editorial: Chicago's selective-enrollment schools are a civic asset worth saving | 3.4× | 51k | 144 | 31 | 4 |
| 42 | Oct 3, '24 | Metra mulls expanding service from Union Station to O'Hare | 3.4× | 50k | 196 | 25 | 10 |
| 43 | Sep 9, '23 | No matter where you stand on the contentious issue of school choice, most can agree on this: Vociferous opponents of school choice should probably live by the rules they would enfo | 3.4× | 50k | 327 | 75 | 6 |
| 44 | Mar 14, '20 | JUST IN: The owners of the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, Jerry Reinsdorf and Rocky Wirtz, are paying United Center staff for missed games, a total of more than $3.3 million. | 3.2× | 0 | 449 | 99 | 0 |
| 45 | Jan 21, '22 | "Chicagoans are really, really tired of everybody beating up on our city. And those of us who really care understand that it ain’t an overnight solve." Meet TikTok Chicago historia | 3.1× | 0 | 534 | 75 | 10 |
| 46 | Feb 16, '24 | Reinsdorf confident White Sox will get $1 billion subsidy for new South Loop stadium | ⚡ 3.1× | 490k | 141 | 37 | 15 |
| 47 | Mar 7, '23 | Toni Preckwinkle enters the endorsement arena with a nod for Brandon Johnson | 3.0× | 45k | 253 | 26 | 2 |
| 48 | Mar 15, '24 | Editorial: Chicagoans should vote down 'Bring Chicago Home' | 3.0× | 44k | 177 | 44 | 2 |
| 49 | Mar 28, '20 | BREAKING: North Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories gets FDA approval to produce coronavirus tests that can show positive results in just five minutes. | 2.9× | 0 | 306 | 154 | 1 |
| 50 | Apr 24, '23 | Comptroller Susana Mendoza reports that Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills is down to $943 million. That’s the first time it’s been below the $1 billion mark in 15 years. | 2.9× | 43k | 242 | 25 | 1 |
| 51 | Apr 14, '17 | "I learned a lot. I'm still digesting." Chicago Congressman Mike Quigley, who's probing potential #TrumpRussia ties: | 2.9× | 0 | 235 | 207 | 0 |
| 52 | Sep 28, '23 | Signature Room in Hancock tower closes | ⚡ 2.8× | 461k | 202 | 66 | 14 |
| 53 | Feb 8, '24 | Barnes & Noble will open four new Chicago-area locations this summer, including a store in a recognizable former bank building in Wicker Park. | 2.7× | 41k | 180 | 17 | 6 |
| 54 | Jun 18, '21 | BREAKING: Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is leaving the paper, according to a source familiar with the matter. | 2.6× | 0 | 197 | 35 | 2 |
| 55 | Nov 8, '22 | Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Chicago’s Ariel Investments, appears as a guest on Meghan Markle’s latest weekly podcast episode. The topic of conversation? "The B word," and how it's wi | 2.5× | 0 | 357 | 101 | 3 |
| 56 | Sep 26, '22 | Dems should rethink parts of the SAFE-T Act—before voters do it for them | 2.5× | 0 | 270 | 76 | 3 |
| 57 | Mar 22, '24 | Blommer closing Chicago chocolate factory | ⚡ 2.4× | 229k | 138 | 39 | 20 |
| 58 | Apr 2, '25 | Downtown office vacancy hits new high for 11th straight quarter | 2.4× | 35k | 341 | 94 | 27 |
| 59 | May 5, '23 | CTA is getting $200 million from the feds for new train cars | 2.4× | 35k | 217 | 23 | 2 |
| 60 | Oct 28, '24 | Johnson budget will rely on property tax increase to avoid a fight with labor | ⚡ 2.3× | 475k | 145 | 59 | 15 |
| 61 | Aug 14, '18 | Illinois sues Trump Tower over Chicago River pollution | 2.3× | 0 | 220 | 122 | 1 |
| 62 | Aug 17, '21 | BREAKING: Chicago is expected to announce an indoor mask mandate for all individuals including those who are fully vaccinated, sources familiar with the matter tell Crain’s. | 2.3× | 0 | 161 | 65 | 3 |
| 63 | Jun 14, '18 | JUST IN => Loop to O'Hare in 12 minutes: Elon Musk gets the job | 2.2× | 0 | 191 | 81 | 2 |
| 64 | Mar 13, '24 | The plan to build a 58-mile bike trail connecting Chicago to Southwest Michigan is about to move one step closer to completion. | 2.2× | 32k | 320 | 24 | 13 |
| 65 | Jan 25, '17 | Defying @realDonaldTrump, @ChicagosMayor @RahmEmanuel doubles down on sanctuary city talk | 2.2× | 0 | 235 | 106 | 0 |
| 66 | Oct 4, '22 | Chicago named best big city in U.S. for sixth year in a row | 2.1× | 0 | 279 | 55 | 4 |
| 67 | Nov 10, '21 | BREAKING: Citadel founder Ken Griffin pledges to bankroll a challenger to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's re-election: | 2.1× | 0 | 295 | 37 | 2 |
| 68 | Mar 24, '23 | Arne Duncan endorses Paul Vallas for mayor | 2.1× | 31k | 144 | 20 | 0 |
| 69 | Jan 13, '20 | Workers at a major pot production facility—@crescolabs in Joliet—will vote on unionizing | 2.1× | 0 | 256 | 58 | 2 |
| 70 | Jun 26, '24 | McDonald's CEO: 'Not nearly enough' from Johnson on crime | 2.0× | 30k | 256 | 40 | 5 |
| 71 | Mar 27, '21 | BREAKING: Loretto Hospital gave COVID shots to people on lawmaker's lists | 2.0× | 0 | 128 | 72 | 8 |
| 72 | Nov 27, '18 | The heads of the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and Bears want to encourage all Chicagoans to help find solutions to one of the city's biggest challenges: crime. Op-ed, by George H. | 1.9× | 0 | 274 | 73 | 4 |
| 73 | Apr 14, '20 | BREAKING: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker confirmed he's trying to create a pact with other Midwestern states to work together on lifting stay-at-home orders and reopening the economy. | 1.9× | 0 | 166 | 76 | 1 |
| 74 | Dec 20, '21 | Kim Foxx and her staff badly mishandled the prosecution of Jussie Smollett and repeatedly made “false and misleading statements” to the public, according to the special prosecutor' | 1.8× | 0 | 218 | 52 | 5 |
| 75 | May 12, '20 | Over 70 percent of Illinois residents surveyed for a Washington Post-Ipsos poll said they approved of how Gov. J.B. Pritzker is handling the coronavirus outbreak. | 1.8× | 0 | 207 | 37 | 2 |
| 76 | Aug 2, '24 | Illinois ranks last at keeping rich people from moving out | 1.8× | 26k | 240 | 59 | 10 |
| 77 | Mar 27, '19 | Crain’s Greg Hinz: Kim Foxx owes us all an explanation on the Jussie Smollett case via @GregHinz | 1.7× | 0 | 229 | 68 | 1 |
| 78 | Aug 28, '21 | Despite all reports of its imminent demise, Chicago is still a great place to live and work. | 1.7× | 0 | 230 | 41 | 8 |
| 79 | Sep 14, '18 | Update: We are not adding @ChiPartyAunt to our list, but we appreciate everyone who has suggested her. | 1.7× | 0 | 224 | 46 | 0 |
| 80 | Jan 3, '24 | Bill Ackman calls on Penny Pritzker-led Harvard board to resign | 1.6× | 23k | 320 | 52 | 5 |
| 81 | Nov 11, '22 | Illinois elects first Muslim, Indian woman to state legislature | 1.5× | 0 | 264 | 36 | 0 |
| 82 | Mar 29, '24 | Burke wins state's attorney race | 1.4× | 21k | 313 | 17 | 1 |
| 83 | Apr 2, '24 | Johnson to greenlight four Loop office-to-residential conversions | 1.4× | 21k | 148 | 13 | 9 |
| 84 | Jan 21, '22 | He aims to be an Black public historian for a new generation | 1.4× | 0 | 230 | 31 | 3 |
| 85 | Apr 10, '18 | An anonymous donor has given $14 million to an Uptown nonprofit serving homeless women | 1.4× | 0 | 189 | 54 | 2 |
| 86 | Nov 22, '17 | Dear L.A.: Thank you for making our traffic look a little less nightmarish | 1.3× | 0 | 164 | 57 | 0 |
| 87 | Mar 6, '24 | Opinion: Mayor Johnson's transparency problem should anger us all | 1.3× | 19k | 175 | 19 | 3 |
| 88 | Feb 3, '22 | The Shedd Aquarium released new renders for its planned $250 million rebuilding project to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Check here for more info on the project: | 1.2× | 0 | 200 | 27 | 5 |
| 89 | Feb 25, '21 | BREAKING: The United Center will become a massive COVID-19 vaccination site capable of inoculating 5,000 to 7,000 people a day. | 1.1× | 0 | 155 | 40 | 0 |
| 90 | Sep 21, '21 | Guinness brewery coming to Fulton Market | 1.1× | 0 | 178 | 31 | 1 |
| 91 | Jan 16, '19 | Crain's names first female editor: veteran Chicago journalist @AnnCDwyer will lead the newsroom at the 41-year-old business publication | 1.1× | 0 | 130 | 37 | 0 |
| 92 | Dec 13, '21 | The case for a museum of architecture in Chicago | 1.1× | 0 | 184 | 21 | 2 |
| 93 | Apr 30, '21 | BREAKING: TikTok is closing in on a deal for an office in the Fulton Market District with plans to add as many as 150 jobs in Chicago. | 1.1× | 0 | 169 | 36 | 1 |
| 94 | Jun 2, '20 | A downtown Chicago business owner calls on political leaders to hold looters accountable: "If our property is to be offered up to the mob, perhaps the city should stop collecting p | 1.0× | 0 | 137 | 29 | 2 |
| 95 | Mar 23, '24 | It's official: The 'Bring Chicago Home' referendum has failed | 1.0× | 15k | 197 | 14 | 1 |
| 96 | Dec 14, '21 | Maybe the person who was elected to lead Chicago should ... lead Chicago? @GregHinz writes. | 1.0× | 0 | 143 | 22 | 0 |
| 97 | Jun 17, '19 | Popular hot dog stand @TheWienerCircle is staying put in Lincoln Park | 1.0× | 0 | 138 | 30 | 1 |
| 98 | Jul 28, '22 | Chicago Sun-Times plans to drop paywall | 1.0× | 0 | 137 | 31 | 3 |
| 99 | May 10, '24 | Editorial: Stop asking amateurs to oversee public transit | 0.9× | 14k | 175 | 28 | 4 |
| 100 | May 23, '25 | Editorial: There’s still time to stop this $5.75B CTA boondoggle | 0.7× | 10k | 165 | 24 | 4 |
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