Column: Trump’s upcoming coup: A formal invitation from a cowardly president...
This will be remembered as the week President Donald Trump formally announced his plans to stage a coup. Coups, as a general rule, don’t receive much advance publicity. But Trump needs attention the...
View ArticleWith the pandemic, parents and educators embrace outdoor preschools. Many...
Educator: 'I have been seeing this as an opportunity to change business as usual. I’m hoping that this is going to stick, that we are going to get kids outside more.'
View ArticleColumn: RBG lies in state. John Lewis is gone. It’s like losing both parents...
The recent deaths of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Lewis feels like the loss of both parents — elders who showed us the way. What now?
View ArticleDaywatch: Officials warn of income tax spike, how flu shots will be different...
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View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Death toll passes 8,500 in state, more than...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCensus director in Chicago said agency was ‘pulling out all the stops’ in...
Census director in Chicago said agency was ‘pulling out all the stops’ in final weeks of count. Then the number of field workers went down by 3,000.
View ArticleFall into the autumn spirit with 2 seasonal — and socially distanced —...
Two in-person fall festivals are still on the schedule for you to celebrate autumn in the West Loop and Lincoln Square neighborhoods of Chicago.
View ArticleMcCook police chief pleads not guilty in alleged extortion scheme involving...
The former police chief in west suburban McCook pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges alleging he conspired with then-Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski to shake down a businessman who needed approval to...
View ArticleChicago City Council violated open meetings law during private calls with...
Chicago’s City Council violated the state’s open meetings law when it held a series of conference calls with Mayor Lori Lightfoot during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois...
View ArticleFrench bulldogs rescued
A shipment of sick dogs was discovered in a warehouse, and a worker tipped off the Chicago Police Department.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot, labor leaders call for congressional help on Chicago’s...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and labor leaders whose members could bear the brunt of layoffs or furloughs as the city tries to close a yawning 2021 budget deficit called on Illinois' congressional...
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 29,517 confirmed cases and...
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in...
View ArticleTop Lightfoot adviser on intergovernmental affairs to marry Chicago alderman,...
A top legislative adviser to Mayor Lori Lightfoot is marrying first-term Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner, raising concerns from some of the mayor’s staff about the ethical implications of the relationship,...
View ArticlePritzker tries to blame Republicans after ally suggests big tax hike coming...
A day after a top Democratic ally warned of an across-the-board income tax increase if voters reject a proposed tax amendment, Gov. J.B. Pritzker sought to blame Illinois Republicans should such a tax...
View ArticleAfter ‘notable decrease in parties’ and a drop in COVID-19 cases, Northern...
The break allowed NIU to identify exposed students and immediately quarantine them, the university's president said.
View ArticleDoubt about police in Chicago manifests itself on racial lines in monitor’s...
As the country deals with the fallout from the Breonna Taylor case, distrust of police among Black Americans in Chicago is clear in a survey by the monitor overseeing police reform and in legal...
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says billboards honoring Breonna Taylor are not...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration is using electronic billboards on city property to honor Breonna Taylor following protests in Chicago this week in response to her fatal shooting by police in...
View ArticleColumn: Uncivil War: A poem about Donald Trump
The latest in a series of occasional TrumPoems chronicling the presidency of Donald Trump.
View ArticleBubble wrap, seat belt used in slaying of woman found in Gresham lot,...
A 45-year-old woman who was found with bubble-wrap and a seat belt wrapped around her head early Friday suffered multiple injuries in an assault, officials said.
View ArticleMan shot during domestic incident at North Riverside Mall, officials say
Shooting at Riverside Mall
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