Civic Federation watchdog group in a report released Thursday praised City Colleges of Chicago for its proposed $524.5 million budget for 2015; Civic Federation was pleased that CCC’s proposed $124.4 million tax levy “essentially will be flat” for the fifth consecutive year, according to Crain’s Chicago Business; Civic Federation said the budget exemplifies “prudent planning” and a "commitment to sound financial practices"

Utility ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon, took three full days to restore electricity to the 440,000 area customers who suffered power outages as a result of a major storm on June 30; Last time that many customers lost electricity due to a storm was in 2011, and ComEd also took three days to fix effected customers’ energy problems

Laura Foxgrover, the former Chicago Park District employee who had an affair and a child with Matthew O’Maley, the restaurateur who during the tenure of Mayor Richard M. Daley received a contract to operate the Park Grill in Millennium Park, testified in a case regarding the contract Wednesday; O’Malley received, without City Council approval, a contract to operate the restaurant on Park District land that, the city alleged, has resulted in $8 million in lost tax revenue since 2004