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Lawyers for indicted Ald. Carrie Austin, who has already announced she won’t run for reelection, said in a court filing Friday she is medically unfit for…
Schools in Illinois are banned from using fines to discipline students. But in recent years, according to a recent investigation by the Tribune and ProPublica, schools…
Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson called on the Illinois General Assembly Friday to improve the city’s voter access, particularly for Black and Latino residents, after what…
A man who prosecutors said fired a gun while with Adam Toledo before the 13-year-old was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer was found…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s top education official, whose oversight of the state’s schools became a campaign issue during the recent election, announced Friday that she…
As Chicagoans begin traveling in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, people can expect more cold temperatures and periodic snow showers over the weekend. By Sunday, though,…
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder charges in Kenosha one year ago, but that hasn’t kept him from being called a murderer on social media.The former…
Fearing that she was slowing her daughter down, Iryna Staragina’s 91-year-old mother told her multiple times to leave her as the pair tried to board a…
A group of community-based organizations that fought for the Chicago Police Department’s consent decree announced it will boycott a community-engagement plan on home raids, according to…
Parishioners from St. Sabina Church gathered outside the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Chicago on Thursday morning holding posters made by schoolchildren demanding that the Rev.…