Black aldermen are breathing a sigh of relief after the city’s Olympic committee, Chicago 2016, agreed to increase the percentage of minority contracts–for such things as construction, procurement and hiring–should the city win its bid to host the Games.

Chicago has rolled out the red carpet for kings and queens, presidents, movie stars, not to mention Bulls and Bears.

DENVER — They kept saying "Yes We Can." More apt might have been another American president's once-popular catch phrase: "It's the economy, stupid."

The president of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics says the committee has agreed to share any hiring and economic opportunities with underserved communities.

Organizers of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic Games lifted the curtain a bit Tuesday on what they'll show members of the International Olympic Committee when they come next month to put the city through a white-glove inspection.