Over the past week, the Democratic field has narrowed and the balance of delegates has shifted. First, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former mayor Pete Buttigieg…
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Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called himself a “freed political prisoner” the morning after being released from prison and thanked President Donald Trump for…
Now in its 10th day, the 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike has entered historical territory — as of Monday, this is officially the longest public…
[URIS id=63814] Crowds flocked to the intersection of Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue to protest Trump’s visit to Chicago Monday. Trump had not visited Chicago since…
In the second-floor hall crowded with Chicago residents impatiently waiting to enter the chambers for the City Council meeting, a woman in a gray suit…
Dueling groups took to the Cook County Office Building in downtown Chicago Monday to protest State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case after…
Chicagoans cast their votes Tuesday in a historic election that resulted in attorney Lori Lightfoot becoming the city’s first black woman mayor. Chicago has not had…
Chicago’s neighborhood of Bronzeville, a hub of African American culture, was the childhood home of Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor. Today, voters in…