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Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas outspent Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson by a nearly 2-to-1 margin leading up to Vallas losing in April in…
Chicago’s downtown Greyhound bus station is at risk of closing, and that could have repercussions for low-income travelers and the city’s status as a transportation hub,…
The Feds began tearing down a vacant three-story building on South State Street this week, but preservationists may have stayed the demolition of adjacent, century-old skyscrapers…
Last year at the end of Ramadan, Faiza Siddiqui — like millions of Muslims each year — was waiting intently for the moon sighting announcement determining…
Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot used a weekly meeting with police leaders Tuesday to demand answers for why officers seemingly struggled to control crowds of young…
The Illinois Democratic Party spent nearly $260,000 on local school and library board races across the state leading up to the April 4 election, but in…
Lincolnwood Elementary School went into a brief lockdown Tuesday after a teacher learned an 8-year-old student had a loaded handgun magazine.The boy had told his teacher…
More than 80,000 festivalgoers attended the inaugural two-day Latino music festival Sueños in Grant Park last year during Memorial Day weekend, which created nearly 1,000 jobs…
Recently released court documents in the case of a teen girl charged with shooting and killing Andrew Lenahan, 18, in October in Union Township provide additional…
Little more than a month after winning reelection unopposed for Chicago city treasurer, Melissa Conyears-Ervin announced Tuesday the creation of an exploratory committee to challenge 26-year…