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After three years of pandemic disruption that saw postponements, downsizing and a special outdoor summer edition, the Chicago Auto Show may be hitting on all cylinders…
Just 15 blocks separate the campaign offices of incumbent Ald. Debra Silverstein and her opponent, Mueze Bawany — yet the candidates vying for Chicago’s 50th Ward…
Chicago’s mayoral candidate forums have seen plenty of attacks amongst the candidates.But Thursday night’s forum saw a first of this election cycle when Mayor Lori Lightfoot…
A recently launched East Coast political committee has spent more than $165,000 on TV and digital ads for Paul Vallas’ mayoral bid, and while its supporters…
Even by Chicago politics’ standards, the recent spat between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Ald. Derrick Curtis is strange.Curtis, a South Side alderman and firearms safety instructor,…
Dakotah Earley, a former culinary student who was shot during an attempted robbery in Lincoln Park last May, is alleging police could have captured the suspect…
State gambling regulators on Thursday gave their first approvals toward the opening of a long-debated Chicago casino, voting in favor of licenses for Medinah Temple to…
Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn endorsed U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García for mayor on Thursday, spurning his former gubernatorial running mate Paul Vallas.Quinn flirted with a…
Baxter International plans to lay off workers as part of a cost reduction plan aimed at addressing what’s been a challenging time for the company.The company,…
A man who saw a female attempt to attack a couple Wednesday night in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood was fatally stabbed in the chest when he…