Read Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s prepared budget address
Read the prepared remarks for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2021 budget address.
View ArticleHuman remains found in field near Champaign identified 25 years later as a...
The remains of a woman have finally been identified a quarter of a century after they were discovered in a central Illinois field about 150 miles from her family home.
View Article100 million COVID-19 tests and counting. Why test-maker Abbott doesn’t expect...
North suburban-based Abbott Laboratories expects demand for the COVID-19 tests it’s been manufacturing to remain strong throughout next year.
View ArticleMadigan pours in $550,000 to help Democratic Illinois Supreme Court justice’s...
Speaker Michael Madigan poured in $550,000 in Democratic Party money into Tom Kilbride's Illinois Supreme Court retention effort.
View ArticleColumn: Second stimulus check unlikely, but Americans will get free ‘Went...
A second stimulus check for American workers struggling through the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to come any time soon. Mitch McConnell thinks Judge Amy Coney Barrett must come first.
View ArticleJeanne Ives criticizes Rep. Sean Casten for an upcoming appearance with...
With thousands of ballots already cast and less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the campaign for the 6th Congressional District has kicked into a new gear.
View ArticleIllinois reports 69 new deaths, the highest daily COVID-19 related death...
Illinois on Wednesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus-related death toll since June, as the state continues to see metrics such as deaths, daily case tallies and test positivity rate rise.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot outlined her 2021 budget. Here are 5 things you need to...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot outlined her 2021 budget this year. Here are 5 things you need to knowFacing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall next year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot outlined her spending blueprint for the...
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle proposes raising Forest...
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s proposal for the Forest Preserves budget next year would tap rainy day funds in order to increase spending, she announced while warning of the long-term...
View ArticleColumn: Chicago Architecture Biennial will go on next year with new format...
After weeks of uncertainty caused by the pandemic, Chicago has decided to go ahead with its 2021 architecture biennial, but with a new format and a gritty subject matter: Finding creative uses for...
View ArticleBand of Bohemia, the nation’s only Michelin-starred brewpub, files for...
The five-year-old restaurant’s co-owners cited the pandemic, but the business also has been dogged by controversy.
View ArticleWaukegan police say officer fatally shot teen as suspects’ vehicle began moving
Both the driver and passenger were injured. The driver, a Black woman in her 20s from Waukegan, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and is expected to recover, police said. The male passenger...
View ArticleClosed dorms, online classes, no parties: How college freshmen are coping as...
“This is not the college experience that I wanted but it’s better than me sitting at home," said a Northwestern student.
View ArticleCTA to offer PPE vending machines at some train stations
Chicago's CTA riders will soon be able to buy masks and other PPE out of vending machines at some train stations.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,342 new known cases and 69 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleAs second wave of COVID-19 roils Illinois, here are 5 updated ways doctors...
With coronavirus infections on the rise in Illinois, the Tribune asked experts for updates on the best way to stay healthy.
View ArticleCHA and Operation Warm team-up to give winter coats to kids
About 7,500 children in Chicago public housing will be gifted a free winter coat this week at the Credit Union 1 Arena on the city’s Near West Side as part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s...
View ArticleDetective links Valparaiso teen’s steps on phone app with movement after...
Kerner, 19, of the 100 block of Kinsale, has pleaded not guilty and remains in Porter County Jail without bond, held on two counts of murder and additional felony counts of intimidation, arson, murder...
View ArticleHighland Park police investigating attempted child luring after report of man...
Highland Park Police are investigating a report of an attempted child luring.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget includes recurring property tax...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to explain Wednesday her plan to close a $1.2 billion budget deficit. She has been considering a $94 million property tax increase, layoffs for more than 300...
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