Embattled former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal bills...
Michael Madigan’s legal bills connected to an ongoing federal corruption probe skyrocketed in the first three months of this year
View ArticleA deal to reopen CPS high schools Monday advances to a full teachers union...
CTU's House of Delegates "overwhelmingly" endorsed the pending agreement.
View ArticleCelebrations marking 420 — marijuana’s ‘high holiday’ — will stay low-key due...
Last year, the first year recreational marijuana was legalized in Illinois, the COVID pandemic shut down most 420 cannabis celebrations. This year, the occasion comes as Illinois officials still have...
View ArticleIn letter to FEC, Illinois Democratic Party acknowledges its chair, U.S. Rep....
In a letter to the Federal Election Commission, the Illinois Democratic Party acknowledges that its new chair, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, cannot raise money for the party’s main state account because...
View ArticleIllinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch creates task force to review all...
Illinois House Speaker forms task force to look at monuments on state property
View ArticleArrest warrant issued after Gary man skips last day of rape trial
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday after a Gary man skipped the last day of his 3-day rape trial, court records show.
View ArticleChicago man accused of using ‘large machete’ to slash co-worker to death at...
A 21-year-old man allegedly used a “large machete” to slash his co-worker to death at an auto body shop before stuffing the body in the trunk of a Cadillac Wednesday on the Northwest Side, prosecutors...
View ArticleIllinois health department sets aside vaccine appointments for college students
Illinois is launching “College Vaccination Days” — appointments set aside at vaccination sites for college students.
View ArticleWhere CPS students intend to go back to in-person learning: Search for your...
The next step in opening Chicago Public Schools to in-person learning is on track to start Monday with high school students eligible to head back to classrooms for the first time since schools shut...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago officials change city’s vaccine...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLoretto Hospital to resume distributing COVID-19 vaccines after city paused...
City officials will again provide COVID-19 vaccines to Loretto Hospital after pausing the program last month to review allegations of dosages improperly being provided to connected people.But, the city...
View ArticleAs anger lingers, Adam Toledo police shooting video leaves Chicago with...
The release of troubling video of 13-year-old Adam Toledo being fatally shot by a Chicago police officer rocked the city from the mayor’s office to the streets of Little Village, but also left it in an...
View ArticleWaukegan man given 10-year sentence for road-rage shooting
A 28-year-old Waukegan man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a 2019 road-rage shooting near a Waukegan middle school.
View ArticleChicago would create public database of closed complaints against police...
A joint City Council committee debated an ordinance on Friday that would mandate an online database of closed complaints against Chicago police officers dating back almost 30 years, a plan Mayor Lori...
View ArticleColumn: The journey of Heather McGhee, the Chicago-born author of ‘The Sum of...
The author, who grew up on the South Side and in Evanston, traveled around the country to understand how race infuses questions of “belonging, competition and status,” and how restrictive policies...
View ArticleMan hit by South Shore Line train near Skyway has died, train officials say
A man died Friday afternoon when he was hit by a South Shore Line electric commuter train near the Skyway on the city’s South Side.
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less...
Nine months after Commonwealth Edison admitted to a bribery scheme that padded its profits and helped topple former Speaker Michael Madigan, there's a push for legislation that could cost customers more.
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View ArticleIllinois law aimed at preventing people with HIV from transmitting the virus...
The law makes it a felony for an HIV-positive person to have unprotected sex without first disclosing his or her HIV status.
View ArticleVideo ‘made my blood boil’: Protesters march in Logan Square to demand...
The gathering was the first major demonstration against CPD since the city released the troubling video of Toledo’s killing.
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