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Democrats have dominated the Cook County Board since 1910 and that isn’t going to change on Nov. 8.The question is whether Republicans will claw back one…
The number of voters casting their ballots before Election Day in Chicago and some surrounding counties is closely tracking the voter turnout in the 2018 midterm…
Lake Forest-based auto parts manufacturer Tenneco is the latest Chicago-area company to announce it is hitting the road, with plans to shift its headquarters to Michigan.The…
A campaign mailer that appears to have been written by the former wife of state Sen. Michael Hastings, D-Frankfort, and supports his reelection was written by…
The Hideout, the 26-year-old Bucktown live-music fixture that has hosted alt-rock stars from the White Stripes to Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan to Neko Case, will shut…
Two students in Rich Township High School District 227 were killed in a single-car crash Saturday, and efforts are underway to raise money for their funerals.Isaiah…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will have the chance to appoint a fourth member to the Chicago City Council next month, as 12th Ward Ald. George Cardenas announced…
An ordinance the Oak Park Village Board passed last month that outlawed overnight operations at village gas stations as a way of limiting violent crime activity…
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using his personal trust fund to circumvent contribution limits in two races that will determine whether his party maintains its 4-3…
A Round Lake Beach woman, mortally wounded in a stabbing, cried out for her father moments before she collapsed and died, the victim’s family members testified…