After a long tour though construction and permitting, Chicago Paws District is now open at 4520 N. Broadway. A photographic tour of the interior can be located here (via Instagram). The space has come a long way from the days when this was a bookstore.Available services include doggy "camps," daycare, training and boarding.And, in a nice improvement, the back of the McJunkin Building now has a nice looking fenced in area next to the Aldi parking lot. Welcome! [...]

Graphic via Illinois Policy We are longtime supporters of the mission of Uplift High School and wish we didn't have to see data like the above. But facts are facts. It's beyond terrible that we are spending nearly $40,000 per student to get 13% proficiency in reading and 0% proficiency in math. We know the administration and teachers are trying, but with high levels of absenteeism and very low enrollment, when is enough enough?Readers have written us before about the overcrowded campuses at McCutcheon and Brenneman. Like our readers say, maybe it's time to move on from Uplift and consolidate those schools here [...]