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On the heels of a mayoral election that ousted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, her signature program, Invest South/West, faces a lawsuit from a developer who alleges…
The “ComEd Four” bribery trial focused Thursday morning on the way the utility allegedly used friendly lobbyists to funnel money to allies of former Democratic House…
The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over…
The cause of a fatal fire in a Gold Coast high-rise apartment building Wednesday that left one Chicago firefighter dead was announced Thursday morning, and the…
A report of individuals carrying firearms on the Valparaiso University campus near Beacon Hall late Wednesday that prompted an order for students to shelter in place…
Right now, Chicago is in the midst of the latest edition of the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament. It will continue through preliminary bouts until the championships…
A new Chicago mayor always goes through an early courtship/face-off phase with aldermen, but Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is walking into a particularly turbulent City Council.Following four…
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz was a lawyer, a judge, a U.S. Marine, a friend of the famous and a friend of mine.He was also a boxer.AdvertisementAs a…
URBANA — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that Brandon Johnson’s narrow victory in the Chicago mayoral race is emblematic of a Democratic “Blue Wall” in Illinois…
After an eight-hour bargaining session with administrators Monday, Eastern Illinois University union members are slated to begin striking Thursday.“After our members saw the administration walk away…