A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

The family of Chicago police officer Krystal Rivera filed a wrongful death lawsuit after she was fatally shot by partner ...

1965: Rookie Gale Sayers — the “Kansas Comet” — scored six touchdowns at a muddy Wrigley Field, tying the NFL’s single-game ...

The high-stakes game of chicken between Mayor Brandon Johnson and his council antagonists over the 2026 budget now moves into ...

There's a new, unique holiday trolley tour that takes riders around to the Chicago area's independent bookstore.

Brandon Johnson is at odds with moderates over his push for a monthly ‘head tax’ on large companies, which aims to help fill ...

A federal appeals court has blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago-area ...

DETROIT & FRANKENMUTH, MI - Not one, but two local ice skating rinks are receiving some major national accolades as one of ...

The family of a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot by her partner while on duty has filed a lawsuit contending the ...

Empowering young Black and Brown girls on the South Side of Chicago is the mission of Black Girls Dance, a nonprofit that is ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

A woman was hospitalized after being shot and wounded in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood early Thursday morning.