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In a potential break for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Tom Tunney will not challenge her in the 2023 election, according to multiple sources.Tunney, who represents…
If it hadn’t been for the pandemic, Derek Drake would have never discovered his purpose. Furloughed from his job at Northwestern University in 2020, he asked…
The light breeze made the fall leaves on the ground twirl as a group of senior veterans gathered in front of their living facility. Don was…
A man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting near a South Side McDonald’s on Thursday, Chicago police said.The three were on the…
The CTA remains short about 1,000 employees as the agency struggles to provide reliable service, President Dorval Carter said as he appeared before aldermen after skipping…
A group of community activists stood with Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, on Thursday to call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city leaders to address the…
Chicago police are looking for a group of men who got on board a school bus, where they hurled anti-Semitic slurs and threatened several children including…
Just days after winning the race for Illinois secretary of state, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is turning his focus to governing.The secretary of state-elect on Thursday unveiled…
Illinois has issued its first two social equity marijuana dispensary licenses, and at least one of them is expected to open by next week in Chicago’s…
A monthslong delay in the mailing of Cook County property tax bills has been resolved: Bills will be posted online as soon as Tuesday, mailed by…