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Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering testified before members of Congress Wednesday in support of an assault weapons ban as she described the “horrific mass shooting” at…
U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García’s staffers have joined a burgeoning effort on Capitol Hill in which congressional aides are unionizing to bargain for better working conditions.García’s…
Incensed by canceled days off, slow benefits for families of fallen cops and a spate of recent officer suicides, a group of aldermen introduced a package…
An Orland Park man whose trial on multiple reckless homicide charges from Beecher ended in a mistrial in March pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of…
There are ghosts aplenty in the Billy Goat Tavern, that subterranean saloon, and none more notable than that of bygone columnist Mike Royko. One late afternoon…
Local minister Mark Winter told the Naperville City Council Tuesday night that somewhere, someone is planning the next mass shooting. They are scouting a location, planning…
Abbott Laboratories reported strong earnings Wednesday, despite spending recent months responding to criticism over problems that led to the shutdown of one of its infant formula-producing…
Aldermen will attempt to undo Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s unpopular speed camera rules at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after a long, winding battle.At issue is an ordinance…
A boy fell to his death from an 18th-story window Tuesday evening in Uptown officials said.Just before 7 p.m., paramedics and police responded to the 4500…
The Biden administration is threatening to block millions of dollars in federal aid to Chicago unless Mayor Lori Lightfoot reforms zoning and land-use policies that civil…