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Arlington Heights officials proudly point to their downtown as an example of tax subsidies that work.The village transformed the once-sleepy area into a thriving destination with…
Two years after Chicago philanthropist Richard Driehaus died, his foundation is awarding more than $5 million in “transformational” legacy grants to support the causes he cared…
After beating eight other candidates to become Chicago’s next mayor, buoyed by more than $2 million in support from the Chicago Teachers Union, Brandon Johnson will…
Administrators at Governors State University and the school’s faculty and staff union have reached a tentative agreement, ending a strike that began April 11, according to…
A special committee of the Illinois Senate on Monday evening heard an array of perspectives from the public during the final hearing on the logistics of…
Fed up with repeated mass shootings, hundreds of people from the Chicago area took part in a march in Washington, D.C., Monday to call for a…
Barrington High School was evacuated Monday afternoon after receiving a “computerized bomb threat,” then additional bomb threats shortly thereafter, with police summing up the incident as…
Travel on the South Shore Line reopened nearly 12 hours after a 110-foot transmission pole caught fire early Monday morning, but the Indiana Toll Road remained…
A Buffalo Grove man was killed over the weekend when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Kenosha County roadway, according to Wisconsin authorities.Scott E.…
Several large groups of young adults and juveniles swarmed downtown Saturday night leading to 15 arrests and sparking concern from activists and local officials about how…