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Republican candidates for Congress are trying to stand out from the pack in primary races this month for a chance to take on incumbent Democrats in…
Jeanette Taylor joined the city’s waitlists for affordable housing in 1993. Last month, her son — who wasn’t even alive when his mother first sought affordable…
Struggling to breathe, Patty Cowick knew she had to head to the emergency room at Blessing Hospital in Quincy in May.But she dreaded the discomfort and…
Two brothers were framed for a 1997 murder because a Chicago police detective who was secretly running an extensive narcotics ring thought one of them had…
Lawyers for ex-Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson asked Monday for a sentence of probation on his conviction on counts of tax evasion and lying to banking…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot escalated her ongoing feud with the Cook County criminal courts system on Monday when she said judges shouldn’t allow people charged with…
Two juveniles arrested in connection with a shooting at U.S. Steel Yard after West Side Leadership Academy’s Sunday evening graduation could be charged as adults.Lake County…
A University of Chicago administrator and former Obama presidential adviser was named Monday to lead the Civic Committee and Commercial Club of Chicago.Derek Douglas, 51, will…
An Oak Lawn man has been charged with shaking his 8-week-old daughter and slamming her head on a cushion, according to police.The girl subsequently died, on…
When state lawmakers passed the bill approving a Chicago casino, Mayor Lori Lightfoot texted Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter her gratitude.“Could not have done…