Virtually everything interior designer Michael S. Smith put in the original Oval Office — furniture, books, carpet, artwork ...

The Office of the Inspector General serves as a watchdog for Chicago taxpayers, investigating government wrongdoing and ...

Thousands gather in Grant Park and the suburbs for the third No Kings rally. The University of Illinois makes it to NCAA’s ...

Chicago city workers, mostly CTA and CPS employees, owe more than $19 million in traffic tickets, water bills and various fines — and Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration has done little to make ...

Chicago’s largest art event, EXPO Chicago, is returning to Navy Pier April 9-12. And while this year’s fair is smaller, its ...

Chicago officially had the worst air quality in the world for a few hours Thursday. As a haze of Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed the metro area, no other major city in the world had air pollution ...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson struggles to close a 2025 budget gap using a bevy of tax hikes, he is following a path of previous mayors by setting aside funds for the salaries of hundreds of police ...

On Sunday — marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, 200 protesters gathered at Federal Plaza to commemorate his death and protest President Donald Trump’s rollback on police reforms.

The owner of the Oak Park hospital vows to reopen this summer, though finding the money is a big barrier. Recent inspection ...

When the United States entered World War I, the country braced for impact. But Black Americans who still worked on the fields ...

The $1 million job includes repairing and removing the 24-foot statue's worn and flaking gold leaf and applying a new layer ...

It took hours for students to get the first notification about the shooting death of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman and Loyola ...