On the 600 block of South Dearborn in downtown Chicago, Dennis Houndsmen, a 51-year-old self-employed entrepreneur, walked out of a polling place on Printer’s Row…
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The residents of Logan Square have a wide variety of representation in the city council. The neighborhood is associated with five Wards in total: the…
In Chicago’s 46th Ward, five challenging candidates to Ald. James Cappleman’s City Council seat fall under one category: millennial. If elected the candidate would become one of…
With luxury developments on the rise, and low-income apartments eclipsing, affordable housing is one of the most important issues facing the residents of Ward 46.…
Following the excitement of Tuesday’s midterm election, aldermen pushed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2019 city budget closer to a final vote Wednesday. With Democrat J.B. Pritzker’s…
Democrat Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker greeted Chicagoans at the Roosevelt Red Line stop Wednesday morning after his win against incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Lt. Gov.-elect…
No federal law mandates that employers give people time off to vote in America. But Illinois is one of 30 states with a a voter-leave law that…
In 1992, a record-breaking number of women ran for political office, and even more went to the polls to vote for them. Twenty-four women won…