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Jaz Rodriguez grew up in a family of artists in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. 
 
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to continue the fight to prevent homelessness as the Bring Chica

Yesterday’s primary election in Illinois saw some of the lowest voter turnout in decades. The Chicag

WBEZ reporter Tessa Weinberg joins us for a Wednesday morning debrief of Tuesday’s Illinois primary

Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump won their Illinois primaries but showed p

Voters in Illinois are casting ballots in today’s state primary election. The city of Chicago is sui

THC-infused seltzer beverages – you know, the kind that get you high – are becoming more readily ava

It’s primary day today, and voters will cast ballots for president, Cook County state’s attorney and

Early voting numbers in Chicago are lagging ahead of tomorrow’s primary election. The agency that i

Chicagohenge comes around twice a year: just after the spring equinox and right before the fall equi

Chicago officials evicted fewer migrants than expected from city shelters over the weekend. The payd

Migrants will start to be evicted this weekend from city run shelters in Chicago, but thousands of p

When Chappell Roan is headlining a concert, she books local drag queens to open for her. “Drag is ju

Illinois lawmakers want to create a new state agency focused on early childhood care. They are also

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago said it has started reactivating its MyChart portal after a cyb

Happy Pi(e) Day!

2024/3/14

March 14 is Pi Day—yes, as in 3.14. The Rundown podcast team isn’t flush with mathletes, so we’re ta

The City of Chicago will move forward with evicting migrants from city run shelters come Saturday. M

The Archdiocese of Chicago has made the city several offers to house migrants at properties they own

In the late 1960s, Hazel Johnson was living in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on Chicago’s South S

Thousands of people stand to lose health insurance in a few weeks as the state of Illinois continues