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Illinois saw record recreational cannabis sales of $1.55 billion in 2022, a jump of 12% from the previous year — despite delays in opening new stores…
To mark the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a statement praising congressional investigators and calling…
How much do eagles love Illinois?The state, with its many rivers, has the second largest winter population of bald eagles in the country, according to Forest…
Peoples Gas plans to file for a $195 million rate increase Friday with the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Chicago-based utility told the Tribune.If approved, the rate…
Chicago native Sydney Blakely drove up to her Bridgeport restaurant Wednesday morning ready to open for the day, but instead called police after finding the outside…
Critics remain concerned by the Chicago Police Department’s impending relaunch of its much-criticized “gang database,” a tool intended to identify people with connections to street gangs,…
A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot on the Far South Side Thursday night, police said.A shooter’s bullets struck the girl in…
Outside a former South Side elementary school that was chosen to shelter migrants arriving in Chicago, a small group of protesters gathered Thursday morning clamoring for…
SPRINGFIELD — Dozens of gun control advocates rallied at the Illinois Capitol on Thursday to support legislation banning a number of firearms that lawmakers continued to…
An independent watchdog has singled out more Cook County employees who fraudulently applied for pandemic relief, recommending firings in each case for violation of county rules…