Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda is taking a hit as only a few candidates endorsed by teachers union held early leads in the city’s first school board election.

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Good afternoon, Chicago. Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial heard a key wiretapped phone call today in which the ...

Good morning, Chicago. Regulators have approved a controversial proposed cannabis dispensary for Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, despite a recommended denial from the city zoning administrator.

Good morning, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal consent decree, sparking alarm from policing experts ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. Over the last decade, hundreds of reports have cropped up across the Chicago area of people’s ...

In the upcoming Nov. 5 general election, Republican incumbent Rob Russell faces Democratic challenger Monica Silva in the race to be Kane County’s coroner.

Good morning, Chicago. It’s hard to find a definite count of how many people practice witchcraft in Chicago. One minister whose congregation serves northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin estimates ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. The former general counsel for Commonwealth Edison testified today that he had “reservations” about ...

The cocktail is injected into bedrock to fracture it and force once-trapped oil and natural gas to the surface. Most of this drilling has happened in Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Texas, which have ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. In 2011, as Thomas O’Neill was in Springfield pushing for legislation on behalf of utility giant ...

Good morning, Chicago. Chicago may be justifiably notorious for its government graft as nearly 40 aldermen, a city clerk, a treasurer and countless City Hall employees have all ended up behind bars ...