Cook County voters would decide on property tax hike for Forest Preserves...
The referendum calls for a 0.025% increase to a total of 0.076% in property taxes, which amounts to hiking up the average Chicago homeowner’s bill by about $1.50 a month, or less than $20.
View ArticleR. Kelly moved to New York, hires new lawyer as racketeering trial nears
After two years in a federal jail in Chicago, indicted singer R. Kelly has been brought to a detention center in New York in preparation for his racketeering trial that’s scheduled to begin in Brooklyn...
View ArticleUnderwood says talk of raising cap on state and local deduction on federal...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood said Wednesday that efforts to lift a Republican-imposed cap on deducting state and local income taxes from federal taxes is part of larger discussions on tax...
View ArticleAs childhood vaccinations plummet across the US during pandemic, Illinois...
Alarmed by a steep decline in routine childhood vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cook County Health officials are urging parents to ensure that any missing shots get in kids’ arms this summer...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors investigating Cook County land bank, deals involving...
Federal prosecutors last month subpoenaed the Cook County Land Bank Authority for records as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the program, which was formed to promote economic development...
View ArticleNo vote on renaming Lake Shore Drive for DuSable as City Council adjourns...
Aldermen temporarily derailed Lightfoot’s appointment of a new top city lawyer over the Law Department’s treatment of Anjanette Young in her lawsuit over an infamous botched police raid.
View ArticleFitch shifts Illinois state government’s economic outlook from negative to...
Fitch Ratings maintained the state’s credit rating at one step above junk-bond status, but reversed its forecast outlook from negative to positive reflecting improved post-pandemic economic recovery...
View ArticleColumn: Army general shoots down GOP’s ‘critical race theory’ hysteria: ‘It...
Army Gen. Mark Milley shoots down GOP lawmakers' 'critical race theory' hysteria: ‘It matters to our military.’ Amen.
View ArticleDouglas Emhoff in Chicago: Getting the COVID-19 vaccine ‘is not political’
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, said in Chicago Wednesday that as he’s traveled the country in recent months to talk up vaccination efforts he hasn’t once heard...
View ArticleA ‘significant place of public engagement’: Preservationists protest state’s...
State agencies are expected to meet on Friday to oppose adding the Thompson Center to the National Register of Historic Places.
View ArticleThe Spin: No vote on renaming Chicago’s LSD as City Council meeting devolves...
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View ArticleSecond Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Chicago
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, stopped in Chicago Wednesday as part of the White House’s “We Can Do This” vaccination bus tour aimed at jump-starting falling...
View ArticlePreservationists protest state’s efforts to sell and potentially demolish...
Preservationists gathered outside the James R. Thompson Center on June 23, 2021, to protest the state’s ongoing efforts to sell the glassy state office building, which preservation groups call an...
View ArticleCook County officials project $121 million shortfall in 2022, casting a more...
The optimistic prediction is partly because of revenues climbing back up after more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions as well as an influx of federal funding under Democratic President Joe Biden.
View ArticleChicago street vendors first banded together to rent commercial kitchen space...
Chicago street vendors created a cooperative and pooled resources to buy commercial kitchen after a years-long battle to legalize their carts.
View ArticleDidn’t hear a tornado siren or alert Sunday? Here’s what to do.
Some people say they didn’t hear municipal sirens or receive phone alerts before Sunday's tornadoes. Experts say these are the steps they can take now to get better prepared.
View ArticleDaywatch: Lake Shore Drive renaming vote delayed, Illinois’ only national...
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View Article4 people wounded in South Austin shooting, police say
Four people were injured in a South Austin shooting Wednesday night, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleMan, 31, charged in fatal Bronzeville shooting, police say
A 31-year-old man is facing a charge of first-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old woman in Bronzeville earlier this month, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleFour people shot in Englewood by person in vehicle
Four men who are part of a motorcycle group, ages 44, 52, 57, and 65, were outside in Englewood around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when they were each shot by someone in a vehicle. Their conditions remain...
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