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View ArticleColumn: Cynical GOP laws barring transgender youth from sports will fail, but...
Cynical anti-LGBT laws barring transgender youth from sports will fail, but winning was never the Republicans' point. It's about ginning up fear, even if kids get hurt along the way.
View ArticleBallet aesthetic and Black Girl Magic: Chicago’s Hiplet Ballerinas advance on...
The Hiplet Ballerinas received unanimous “yes” votes after their AGT audition and will advance to the judge’s deliberation rounds.
View ArticleNeighborhood Head Start programs receive direct funding
Last month Chicago became the latest large U.S. city to decentralize the funding of Head Start programs.
View ArticleEconomist to answer reader questions about COVID-19′s impact on unemployment...
The economist and financial journalist will answer reader questions about COVID-19's impact on unemployment and the economy in a Facebook Live conversation Wednesday.
View ArticleNaperville accountant who stole more than $1M from clients, banks gets 8-year...
A Naperville accountant who admitted to stealing more than $1.1 million from four clients and three banks has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.
View ArticleMedia seeks courtroom access to R. Kelly’s trial, saying it’s at the nexus of...
A consortium of media outlets has asked a judge to allow reporters into the courtroom for R. Kelly’s upcoming racketeering trial, arguing the case is of great importance to the public.
View ArticleOn second day of visit, AG Merrick Garland meets with Chicago law enforcement...
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland met with top Chicago law enforcement officials Friday to discuss how they’re going to use a new team of federal agents and local police to curb gun-trafficking.
View ArticleNancy Rish, serving life-sentence for 1987 killing, wins appeal and another...
A woman serving a life sentence for the 1987 kidnap and murder of Stephen Small, a Kankakee businessman who suffocated after being buried alive, was given another chance to challenge her sentence after...
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker launches first TV spots and theme for 2022 reelection...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's first reelection campaign TV spots show how Illinois residents responded to the pandemic.
View ArticleAs first victim of Chicago’s 1919 race riots finally receives a grave marker,...
The cemetery is the final resting place for many notable Chicagoans in the city’s African American community — especially those with ties to literature, sports, music and history.
View ArticleChicago mothers share pain and join hands in a collective effort to halt gun...
A group of mothers met on Mother's Day to grieve together, and talk about the effect of Chicago gun violence on their families.
View ArticleSusann Craig, collector who championed outsider artists, dies at 84
Chicago art collector Susann Craig championed outsider artists and co-founded Chicago’s Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art.
View ArticleMillions in federal Head Start funding is now going straight to Chicago’s...
Chicago recently became the latest large U.S. city to decentralize financing for Head Start, the early childhood initiative that for more than five decades has served children from low-income families.
View ArticleThe Spin: Pritzker launching first campaign ads | Cook tax board brawls about...
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View ArticleChild tax credits bring relief to Chicago families, but critics worry some...
Newly expanded Child Tax Credits began hitting the bank accounts of Chicago-area families this month, but critics say those most in need may inadvertantly be shut out. Proponents, meanwhile, are...
View ArticleWeather service says hot, humid weekend ahead with potentially severe storms....
Brace for a hot and sticky weekend as the heat index climbs to nearly 100 degrees and potentially severe thunderstorms hit Chicagoland, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleNo bail for man charged with beating, carjacking food delivery driver in...
A Chicago man has been charged with beating a 55-year-old food delivery service driver and stealing his vehicle, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleActivists who helped craft civilian police oversight plan cheer its passage —...
Despite deal, activists had few kind words for Mayor Lori Lightfoot: "It wasn’t the mayor .... who led this work."
View Article7-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Illinois up fivefold in past month
The seven-day average number of daily COVID-19 cases in Illinois has increased by five times in the past month after reaching the lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic in late June.
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