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It was no ordinary warmup for Jonathan Toews.Fans lined the glass with signs showing their appreciation, such as “FOREVER OUR CAPTAIN #19.”AdvertisementToews threw a puck or…
Despite the threat of severe weather on Election Day, turnout was moderate in Chicago’s municipal runoff election, with more than a third of all registered voters…
The high temperatures that hit Chicago Thursday broke a record that stretched all the way back to 1887, according to the National Weather Service.The temperatures surpassed…
The Warehouse, a former dance hall in West Loop, received a preliminary landmark recommendation from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Thursday after thousands signed a…
Workers at a Portillo’s food preparation facility in Addison voted to unionize Thursday in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board.The approximately 50 food…
Union-represented faculty and staff at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago could be the latest to walk the picket lines after 95% of members voted Thursday to…
While campaigning for reelection in January, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for “handing out certificates of innocence like they’re candy.”Foxx…
Chicago is at fault for failing to install pedestrian walk signals that help blind people cross busy intersections more safely, such as by emitting sounds, a…
A lobbying firm hired by a trio of school districts that tax the former Arlington International Racecourse site the Chicago Bears recently purchased has begun providing…
Aixa Hernandez was a toddler when her father went to prison, convicted of murder in a 1999 shooting, but as an adult, she sat in a…