Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, March 25, 2016. Have a great weekend!
The Chicago area lost a lot of residents in 2015
No major metropolitan area or region in the U.S. lost more people than Chicago in 2015. The weather, crime, taxes, unemployment, and the state budget impasse are among the reasons cited by those leaving. In addition, fewer Mexican-born immigrants are arriving, and there’s been a “drastic decline” in the city’s African-American population. [Tribune]
