What happens if Chicago can’t pass a budget? ‘Murky waters,’ ‘dire situation.’
As he crafts Chicago’s 2025 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson has less and less time and not enough money. The mayor faces a nearly $1 billion budget gap, an increasingly unruly City Council and a ...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson must return the money he got from Lil Durk, now accused in murder-for-hire scheme
Chicago’s mayor is resisting returning a $150,000 campaign donation from Lil Durk, the rapper the feds accuse of ...
‘A mutual combat situation’: Trial for former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys gets contentious as prosecutors allege wrongdoing
Back in 2020, attorneys representing a man accused of killing two Chicago police officers in 1982 made, in their view, a ...
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What Is Political Intelligence? In Chicago, They Know the Answer.
Like his father, the city’s longest-serving mayor combined preternatural instincts with sheer audacity. Sometimes Richard M.
Illinois elected officials deploy to swing states to get out the vote for Harris-Walz and Congress candidates
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have a lock on Illinois, freeing elected Democrats to hunt for electoral votes in key swing states ...
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Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard faces eviction, landlord speaks out: 'I have nowhere else to turn'
DOLTON, Ill. - Controversial Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard has a new battle on her hands. She's being evicted for not paying ...
Illinois Lottery winning ticket • Tiffany Henyard's landlord speaks out • Chicago letter carrier saves woman
CHICAGO - A winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Jewel-Osco in the suburbs; a landlord in Dolton is ...
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Glancing Back for Oct. 27: Kitten survives microwave accident
Oh how times have changed. Or have they? Take a glance at local stories from years past.