Every day that Chicago Public Schools goes without much-delayed property tax revenue, the school district is paying $220,000 in interest on short-term loans it took out to make payroll — that’s the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a sweeping ordinance that aims to protect the city’s renters from eviction and predatory practices. The “Protecting Renters Ordinance” seeks to update the city ...

Chicago Public Schools had planned to furlough staff for five days to save money in the upcoming school year. After facing ...

Running a business comes with its challenges. From operating costs, hiring staff and tariffs, some of these obstacles can ...

David Byrne stands in a room with an awkward amount of doors, most of which don’t actually lead anywhere. “We’re taking the route the audience would take,” Byrne explains. “I’m not spoiling too much, ...

Jordan Stancil, the new owner of Chicago’s 400 Theater in Rogers Park, was raised in the movie business. His great-grandfather started a small empire of theaters in northern Michigan. As a teenager ...

Temporary protected status ended Monday for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, leaving them vulnerable to being deported to the countries they fled — countries still coping with violence ...

In the same way that our methods of music discovery continue to evolve, so do the ways musicians work to be discovered. Ahead of this year’s Lollapalooza, WBEZ contributor and illustrative journalist ...

Chicago is facing another lawsuit alleging the city is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, this time concerning ...

Promontory Point, a 40-acre bulb poking eastward into Lake Michigan at 55th Street, is a deliberately picturesque piece of ...

When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee reached out to Democratic congressional candidate Jeff Cohen in November, he was open to talking about the group’s potential support in his run for ...

About 150,000 people have lost food assistance this year across the state because of expanded work rules. It’s less than ...