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Chicago mayors would get annual pay raises each year under a proposal introduced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that would tie yearly salary bumps to inflation but…
After a lunchtime roundtable with Indiana Sen. Todd Young and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, Republican congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green suggested she appreciated “serving alongside my peers.”“Not…
The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on whether to revoke the charters for two campuses of Urban Prep Academy — an institution lauded for…
Federal authorities have charged five people, including a Norridge man and four people from Chicago, with possessing U.S. Postal Service keys and/or stealing from the mail.The…
Construction is beginning on a major railroad project on Chicago’s South Side that officials hope will unsnarl a key freight rail choke point, boost Metra service…
Gerald Reed, a former Illinois inmate who alleged he was beaten by Chicago police detectives who worked under disgraced former Cmdr. Jon Burge, was released from…
For years, federal courts have kept watch over the Cook County assessor’s office, making sure that workers weren’t hired for their political connections, and that job…
Who could possibly be opposed to protecting native plants?That’s the question that has volunteers buzzing at LaBagh Woods on the Northwest Side, where a mysterious dismantler…
Faculty and staff of City Colleges of Chicago will walk off the job next week if they don’t secure a new contract, their union said Tuesday.Leaders…
Chicago should prepare to see between 1 and 2 inches of rain Tuesday as waves of soaking rainfall cover the region, according to the National Weather…