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Residents living in the city’s fast-gentrifying Latino communities saw some of the steepest increases in property taxes in the city, and protesters Friday took their displeasure…

If Chicago’s weather for this year was best depicted by just one day, then it would be Feb. 22, 2022.That day had a little bit of…

City officials gathered Friday to outline measures they’ve put in place to ensure Chicago rings in the new year safely.Meanwhile, activists and violence interrupters were planning…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota’s six public universities plan to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Wisconsin and Illinois by next fall.The South Dakota…

The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh…

For seniors living in the Albany Terrace Apartments in Chicago’s South Lawndale neighborhood, the past week inside their building has been cold. A pipe burst and…

Debate around the proposed end of cash bail in Illinois on Jan. 1 dominated the political discourse during this fall’s political races and is now the…

Lively music, smiles and laughter filled the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center during a celebration of life for award-winning author and community activist Susan…

Buffalo Grove police responded to more than a dozen calls for help before police say Andrei Kisliak stabbed his wife, two daughters and mother to death…

A Wicker Park Walgreens housed in a historic former bank building on Milwaukee Avenue is set to close Jan. 31, ending a 10-year run that introduced…