A new WBEZ investigation finds that rents in Chicago are rising much faster than the median household income. From 2000 to 2023, rents rose more than 28%, but income only went up 9%. The result?

The Sun-Times has 144 employees, including 104 on the editorial side, while WBEZ has 134 employees, with 64 content creators, according to Chicago Public Media. Long a money-losing newspaper, the ...