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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants Illinois to open migrant centers outside Chicago. It’s going to
Robberies are up. WBEZ’s Alden Loury looked at data from last year and found that robberies were at
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing back on City Council members calling for more oversight on
City Council called off a planned vote on whether Chicago Police can contest firings and long suspen
Gigi Lira never imagined she’d make it as a working artist. Then, she started doing manicures on the
The Obama Foundation is donating half-a-million dollars to girls who live on Chicago’s South and Wes
A new study from the University of Illinois shows one in 10 college students is food insecure. A man
On any given night in Chicago, you’ve got options when it comes to seeing live music. Dozens and doz
The Chicago City Council is weighing new regulations for dollar stores. A Cook County state’s attorn
A Chicago City Council vote on a resolution supporting a ceasefire in Gaza will be postponed. The on
Pegasus Theatre wraps up its 37th Young Playwrights Festival this week. This year’s festival feature
The Illinois Supreme Court could rule next month on whether the odor of cannabis is enough to search
Nearly 2,000 migrants must leave Chicago shelters by February 1st under new deadlines on shelter sta
Today, we accomplished three things: 1) Mourned some of the Chicago restaurants we lost last year, 2
Chicago City Council members are weighing whether there should be more limits on having jobs outside
The White Sox could be on the move. A federal judge has approved a more than $12 million dollar clas
The Illinois State Police released a guidebook late last year for officers interacting with unhoused
Keeping up with the huge increase in migrant students is a challenge – even for Chicago schools that
Preparations for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago later this year continue to move forw
Chef Jessica Walks First started helping in the kitchen as a little kid, and she grew up cooking for
