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(The Center Square) – Chicago taxpayers may pay a heavy price for the school board's decision to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. School board…

CHICAGO — Adela Bass gave up her in-person college classes because it was too difficult to get there from Chicago's Far South Side, where the city's…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that IBM will collaborate with the state to create a new National Center for Quantum Algorithms in Chicago — marking the…

A vote on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's $17.3 billion spending plan for next year has been postponed until at least Monday after weeks of severe headwinds…

Tom Homan, Donald Trump's new “border czar,” has vowed to begin enacting the president-elect's mass deportation plan in Chicago, warning the city's Democratic mayor that he…

As the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump promises sweeping changes in immigration enforcement tactics, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded to comments made by Trump's appointed…

RHubert Katz did everything he could to create an apartment building in Jefferson Park. Katz, an architect and developer who owns Northbrook-based Rktects, had planned to…

In six weeks, Rahm Emanuel's term as ambassador to Japan will end, and the former Chicago mayor will return to the city. When he returns, what…

A nearly year-long U.S. Senate GOP investigation into Chicago's migrant housing at O'Hare and Midway airports could become more than just a political irritant for Mayor…