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May Elementary School closed its doors in 2016 during widespread Chicago Public School shutdowns, but that didn’t stop it from being an active community center. The…
Every morning before sending her two kids off to second and third grade, Sadiya Zackria checks the school’s breakfast and lunch menu to see whether she’ll…
One of the two Chicago police officers in a video released this week of a man being beaten while in custody was also captured in footage…
Manufacturers should be held accountable for contaminating the state’s drinking water and land with toxic forever chemicals, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday in a…
The first store in Illinois to combine marijuana and alcohol sales opened Wednesday in Wheeling, with its owners hoping to make it a place for customers…
State Farm and Wells Fargo are planning layoffs of employees downstate, the companies reported in mandatory state filings Tuesday.Insurance giant State Farm, which is headquartered in…
The Chicago Reader, which last year teetered on the brink of extinction before transitioning to a nonprofit, has a new leader.The storied alternative newspaper Wednesday named…
Longtime Wrigleyville Ald. Tom Tunney threw his support behind Paul Vallas for mayor on Wednesday, giving the former Chicago Public Schools CEO a boost in his…
A retired Chicago Fire Department firefighter has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a far-right militia group during the Jan. 6 riot and trying…
Startup electric truck manufacturer Rivian said Wednesday it is laying off 6% of its workforce, including a small number of nonmanufacturing employees at its downstate Normal…