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Though hazy and smokey skies still linger, the Chicago area will see lighter levels of smoke overhead as air quality begins ...
The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% ...
The Chicago White Sox scratched 1B/3B Miguel Vargas from the starting lineup moments before Saturday’s 1-0 win against the ...
The Illinois Attorney General and the City of Chicago filed a lawsuit this week alleging the mishandling of materials ...
Dosunmu, coming off shoulder surgery, is back on the court and entering a contract year that will determine his future ...
Forty-five years ago, the state of Illinois took financial control of Chicago Public Schools. History may be about to repeat ...
Willette Benford spent 24 years in prison but now is working in the office of Illinois First Lady M.K. Pritzker helping other ...
Chicago Public Schools officials are asking for more money from Illinois taxpayers, but a state lawmaker from Chicago says ...
Illinois basically has two regions: Chicago and “downstate.” Dense Chicago is reliably Democratic, whereas downstate skews ...
CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...
The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst. Mayor Brandon Johnson is the latest leader to attempt to close Chicago’s gaping fiscal gap: He proposed a ...
Smoke has continued to cloud Illinois' air for a second straight day, but the poor air quality isn't because of a fire in the ...