Terry Nguyen Le favors tighter electronic-monitoring rules, greater independence for the legislative inspector general and ...

Thirty-five empty .45 caliber shells were in a pile near the window — just as they had been ejected from a Thompson machine ...

Though Paul Kendrick supports a graduated income tax and wealth tax, he told us he would not seek major new revenue without a ...

When originally constructed as the Palace of Fine Arts for Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, the building was singled out for ...

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating three incidents over the summer involving problems with dispatching ...

Authorities say that a trans woman who claimed she was taunted about her gender pulled out a knife and stabbed a man 13 times ...

Laura Hruska told us her top issue is property taxes. “We are being pushed out of our own homes by high taxes and costs,” she ...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won the Democratic Senate nomination with fiery anti-Trump ads and progressive stands. Now the ...

Two North Side candidates are in a race that has become a microcosm of a broader fight over Chicago’s first fully elected ...

Total reported retail sales dropped to about $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2026, down from nearly $2 billion the year before, ...

There’s no safe date when you can assume trees and shrubs will be dormant. As our climate has changed, autumn has tended to ...

The Irish-born John Powers, along with John “Bathhouse John” Coughlin and Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna, were among the so-called gray wolves of Chicago’s early 20th century City Council. Though Powers ...