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There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about a rise in crime in...

After backpedaling from claims he made in February, that gang leaders committed to “lower the body count” in Chicago in exchange for “some social...

Chicago's water department commissioner has resigned in the wake of reports he was under investigation into alleged racist and sexist email messages. A spokesman for...

Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson says President Donald Trump's commission to investigate voter fraud is itself a fraud. Speaking in Chicago on Thursday,...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner was booed by attendees at a Chicago State University commencement ceremony. Rauner called the reaction to his presence at Thursday's ceremony...

The Chicago Police Department unveiled "Honorary Blair DeLane Holt Way" just outside Percy L. Julian High School on the South Side to mark the 10-year...

A leading U.S. railroad says it has implemented new security measures at a Chicago rail yard where thieves in recent years have stolen about...

1: Since the opening of the health insurance marketplaces in 2013, the share of uninsured black individuals has been significantly reduced. According to a Center for...

The Republican push to replace the Affordable Care Act was revived in Congress by a small change to their plan designed to combat concerns...

Legislation to allow the dissemination of public notices only on the internet in Illinois is a radical departure from the proven public notice system that all other states use. As a result, the public’s right to know would suffer. The bill should be defeated.