EXPANDED SPORTS COVERAGE SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2019 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Suicide Commuter blast kills 4 tax? City Americans lottery? in Syria Cut costs? ISIS attack could Mayoral field offers complicate plans for budget solutions in face U.S. troop withdrawal of deep pension debt By Bassem Mroue By John Byrne Associated Press Chicago Tribune SANTIAGO CALATRAVA RENDERING BEIRUT — A suicide bombing Santiago Calatrava’s proposal encompasses O’Hare’s global terminal and a business complex. One wants a city-run lottery. claimed by the Islamic State killed Another would tax suburbanites two U.S. soldiers, a Pentagon who work in Chicago. There’s also civilian employee and a U.S. con- the possibility of the city issuing tractor Wednesday in northern pension obligation bonds to free Syria, less than a month after up billions of dollars. President Donald Trump declared A handful of Chicago mayoral he was pulling U.S. forces out of candidates on Wednesday ad- the country and that the extremist dressed how they’d grapple with group had been defeated. staggering public pension debt the The attack, which also new mayor will face within wounded three U.S. service mem- months of taking office this spring. bers along with other people in While their approaches to how the strategic northeastern town of they might find the huge sums the Manbij, complicates what had city needs may differ, they agreed already become a messy with- the problem has to be addressed drawal plan, with Trump’s senior head-on. advisers disagreeing with the de- Chicago’s public pension hole is cision and then offering an evolv- one of the most pressing problems ing timetable for the removal of the city will face in the next four 2,000 U.S. troops. STUDIO ORD RENDERING years, a potential financial alba- It also underscores Pentagon The Studio ORD design includes ample interior greenery and nature-inspired architecture. tross that starts at nearly $300 assertions that the Islamic State, million in 2020 and grows to also called ISIS, is still a threat nearly $1 billion by 2023. The size capable of deadly attacks. of the impending shortfall defies The Islamic State group neat, politically safe solutions, and claimed responsibility for the at- the five candidates who appeared tack, which local groups said before the Tribune Editorial killed 16 people in the U.S.- Board touched on many possible patrolled town of Manbij. tracks to get there with little “We have defeated ISIS in consensus on the best course. Syria, my only reason for being Efforts to cut government costs there during the Trump Presi- were a popular idea at the Tribune dency,” Trump tweeted in Decem- forum, a time-honored approach ber in announcing his intention to for candidates who know tax- bring back U.S. troops “NOW.” weary voters are fans of lowering Vice President Mike Pence re- City Hall spending rather than peated the claim Wednesday, say- digging deeper into their pockets. ing the Islamic State “caliphate Likewise, the political third rail of has crumbled” and the militant jacking up property taxes — which network “has been defeated.” Mayor Rahm Emanuel has repeat- His comments in a speech at FEBG RENDERING edly done during his two terms — the State Department came The Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza plan’s signature is a curving, upturned roof. went unmentioned a little over a shortly after the U.S. military announced that American sol- Turn to Mayor forum, Page 11 diers were among those killed in Manbij. News of the combat deaths prompted a far different response from Republicans on Capitol Hill. Shutdown Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday that the troop withdrawal announced by Trump sidelining has emboldened the militant group. “My concern by the statements immigration made by President Trump is that you have set in motion enthusiasm by the enemy we’re fighting,” hearings Graham said during a Senate Almost 1,200 in Judiciary Committee hearing. “So I would hope the president would Chicago canceled; look long and hard of where he’s FOSTER EPSTEIN MORENO RENDERING backlogs likely to grow Foster Epstein Moreno proposes a roof that covers the new global terminal like a glassy blanket. Turn to Syria, Page 13 By Elvia Malagon Chicago Tribune Almost 1,200 immigration court hearings have been canceled in Chicago since the federal gov- ernment shutdown started, and that number is expected to climb as the weeks go by. An analysis from Syracuse Uni- versity’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found that as of Jan. 11, already 1,186 immi- gration hearings in Chicago had been canceled because of the BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE government shutdown. If the shutdown were to continue into Can promising start February, the number of hearings canceled in the city would grow to lead to better future? SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL RENDERING 2,978, and if it continues into The partnership of Matt Nagy and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s plan features an undulating skylit roof overhanging tall glass walls. March the number would climb to Mitch Trubisky had a promising 4,975, according to the TRAC first season. But they’ll need to be analysis. even better next season, writes The partial federal government Rich Campbell. Chicago Sports shutdown started Dec. 22, and it 5 ideas for O’Hare’s stems from a dispute between Congress and President Donald Trump. The president has demanded Inspectors find code $5.7 billion to fund a border wall massive expansion with Mexico. But as the days have violations at studio turned into weeks, the shutdown Building inspectors identified a Choosing architect for $8.5B project The plans, which starting has become the longest in U.S. number of violations at R. Kelly’s Thursday can be viewed on- history. recording studio, finding evi- is a priority for departing Emanuel line, at O’Hare and downtown California has seen many more dence the space was used as a at the Chicago Architecture immigration hearing cancella- residence. Chicagoland, Page 4 By Blair Kamin and nap before flights. Center, are broad-brush vi- tions than Chicago. As of Jan. 11, Mary Wisniewski The proposals from top sions that leave unanswered an estimated 9,424 immigration Chicago Tribune architects for the $8.5 billion nitty-gritty questions about hearings had been canceled in expansion, whose centerpiece security gates and other as- Chicago officials on Thurs- will be a new global terminal pects of the passenger experi- Turn to Immigration, Page 11 Sears survives, but day will unveil five striking that combines domestic and ence. doubts still remain designs for a massive expan- international flights under Mayor Rahm Emanuel has sion of O’Hare International one roof, are all sleekly mod- said that selecting an architect STATE OF THE UNION: The Edward Lampert appears to have Airport, many with swooping ern. Three would put natural- for the project is a top priority government shutdown threw a pulled off his bid to rescue the roofs and some with quirky istic touches — clusters of before he leaves office in May, grand Washington ritual into ques- retailer from liquidation. But can features like hammocks trees, wood ceilings or patches tion as Nancy Pelosi asked Presi- this latest lifeline buy time to pull where travelers could take a of grass—inside the terminal. Turn to O’Hare, Page 9 dent Donald Trump to delay the off a turnaround? Business speech. Nation & World, Page 13 Chicago Weather Center: Complete $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere High Low Tom Skilling’s forecast 34 19 forecast on back page of A+E section 171st year No. 17 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, January 17, 2019 BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Ald. Edward Burke departs after turning himself in Jan. 3 at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. 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