Election 2020 live updates: Biden wins Wisconsin, AP says, as Trump camp says...
It's a close battle for the presidency, with all eyes trained on the Upper Midwest, Pennsylvania and Nevada. Georgia and North Carolina not called yet.
View ArticleTopolobampo launches 5-course to-go menu, new deli opening in West Loop: How...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
View ArticleCity fixes curbless Depression-era streets that led to Chicago alderman’s no...
Chicago’s Department of Transportation has fixed a poorly maintained stretch of road in West Englewood that led a South Side alderman to vote against authorization for the Obama Presidential Center.
View ArticleColumn: Tight Biden-Trump election shows the cult of Trump is strong, and...
As the election count continues, many liberals bemoan the fact that former Vice President Joe Biden didn't win in a landslide. They can't believe such a large portion of the populace would still...
View ArticleEvanston school officials say no evidence of hacking found after student...
After an Evanston middle school student encountered a racial slur on a remote learning platform last week, school officials now say an investigation found no evidence of hacking.
View ArticleWarm November temperatures
Unseasonably warm Fall November temperatures are expected to last in the Chicago area into the weekend.
View ArticleAldermen question special downtown taxing district for Mag Mile area that...
A city-sponsored special downtown business tax to help pay for security for businesses that got hit by summer looting ran into turbulence Wednesday from aldermen who said Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s...
View ArticlePritzker warns ‘there will be cuts, and they will be painful’ after...
Fresh off spending $58 million of his fortune in a losing effort to pass a graduated-rate income tax, a frustrated Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday said “painful” budget cuts are coming and...
View Article‘The horse is out of the barn.’ Voters in suburbs show support at polls for...
Mount Prospect was one of six suburbs — along with Batavia, Glen Ellyn, Elk Grove Village, Park Ridge and Wilmette — where advisory referendums showed majority support for allowing sales.
View ArticleStray bullet shatters window, hits 70-year-old woman on West Side
A 70-year-old woman was shot and critically wounded while inside a home on the West Side Wednesday night.
View ArticleAs daily case COVID-19 count again tops 7,500 in Illinois, public health...
As Illinois recorded its second-highest daily number of newly-diagnosed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the state’s top public health official warned there is a potential hospital bed shortage...
View ArticleChicago rally to defend the election
The Illinois Election Defense Action Council hosts a rally to defend the election, the day after the election in Chicago.
View ArticleA 63-year-old. An Iranian refugee. Teenagers. Mexican immigrants. All voted...
First-time voters in Illinois discuss why they cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election, and how they feel with results still pending.
View ArticleEven as fall term ends, Chicago Public Schools is still mum on a reopening...
The teachers union says "some principals" have claimed a plan is afoot to reopen schools Monday.
View ArticleStill out of power, Illinois Republicans ride voter dissatisfaction with...
Still out of power, Illinois Republicans ride voter dissatisfaction with state government to deal J.B. Pritzker, Speaker Madigan defeats.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleColumn: By contesting the election, Trump is trying to disenfranchise...
Win or lose, Trump's ridiculous claim he's a friend to African Americans can finally be put to rest, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Pivotal states remain in presidential race, Pritzker warns of...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleAs Republicans mount legal challenges to presidential results, hundreds march...
As the nation awaited the final results of the presidential election, hundreds of people stood in Daley Plaza on Wednesday night
View ArticlePilsen mural features residents, including essential workers: ‘It mirrors the...
New Pilsen mural depicts “ordinary” Pilsen residents and essential workers, aims to show the resilience of a community hit hard by COVID-19.
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