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The ruling means votes on the referendum question will be counted, though it is possible the real estate and business coalition that fought the suit could appeal to the state Supreme Court.

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A jury has convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” Wednesday's verdict capped a two-week trial of movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal in October 2021. Baldwin has pleaded not guilty in a separate case to an involuntary manslaughter charge. His trial is set for July. Following Wednesday's verdict, the judge... Читать дальше...

Ex-state Sen. Terry Link, who wore a secret FBI wire in a sting against a colleague in the legislature, was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday on tax evasion charges.

The former president is now the last major GOP candidate standing and poised to be the party’s nominee for a third time, outlasting all the other hopefuls now that Nikki Haley bowed out Wednesday.

National Weather Service officials planned a statewide tornado drill late Wednesday morning as part of its Illinois Severe Weather Preparedness Week.

Chicago police responded to a currency exchange overnight on the South Side where an ATM machine was taken. Shortly after 3:15 a.m., police found the front glass door shattered and an ATM missing from a currency exchange in the 2500 block of South Halsted Street. A preliminary investigation indicated the burglars may have fled the […]

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Palos Elementary District 118 is asking voters to approve allowing $4.35 million levied for debt service to be used instead for operating funds, providing a cash infusion without increasing taxes, said Superintendent Anthony Scarsella.

The reports of rationing hygiene products come after the Tribune last week reported that a shortage of essential supplies in the city’s shelters forced some parents to reuse dirty diapers on their babies.

UChicago and City Colleges of Chicago will build two new South Side facilities and create healthcare and nursing education programs and jobs for area residents

Ruling opened the doors for developers to build next to and on top of wetlands on private land, so long as there is no surface connection between it and a flowing waterway.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has scored a surprise victory on Super Tuesday, upsetting Donald Trump to win Vermont.

Not enough states will have voted until later this month for Joe Biden or Donald Trump to formally become their parties’ presumptive nominees. But the primary's biggest day made their rematch a near certainty.

Federal prosecutors alleged an assault was the result of an attempt to collect on a $10,000 juice loan.

A coalition of labor unions said Tuesday that it had ended its boardroom fight with Starbucks after the coffeehouse chain agreed to negotiate labor agreements, a sign of progress after years of tumultuous relations between the company and its organized workers.

As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote on a proposal that will commence contract negotiations with Chicago Public Schools, President Stacy Davis Gates previewed the union’s “defiant vision” of transformative change, before a sold-out City Club of Chicago crowd Tuesday. “We’re not gonna fight for the schools Chicago Public Schools students deserve. We’re gonna give it to them,” she said. Pending union delegates’ approval in a vote on a draft contract proposal to be sent to CPS Wednesday, Davis Gates hinted at likely union demands... Читать дальше...

Damian Dunning was gushing about his nephew’s basketball prospects about half an hour before he was shot to death on the Stevenson Expressway, his brother said. Roy Shannon, 48, said his last conversation with Dunning, 41, represented his brother’s essence as an enthusiastic father and uncle who took his 7-year-old son to every piano and karate practice and loved to shop for his nieces and nephews. “I wish I’d stayed on the phone with him and this might not have happened,” Shannon said. An Illinois... Читать дальше...

Joyce Owens, a Chicago mixed-media artist who worked as a graphics coordinator at WBBM-Channel 2 and taught at Chicago State University, has died.

“We’re doing everything in our power to demonstrate compassion. Now, as far as whether or not we will extend deadlines, we haven’t gotten to that,” Johnson said.

The Illinois Senate passed a plan for electing half of the members to a Chicago school board this fall, with Mayor Brandon Johnson selecting the rest, before moving to a fully-elected board.

By SYLVIA HUI (Associated Press) LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Tuesday that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. It’s the first appearance announced for the royal since she underwent abdominal surgery. But the announcement by the U.K. Ministry of Defense caused confusion, because Prince William and […]

A jury on Tuesday began deliberating the fate of a man accused of shooting and killing Chicago police officer Ella French.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD (AP Political Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several prominent House Democrats are jostling to fend off Republican former baseball great Steve Garvey in the yearlong battle to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with two slots on California’s November ballot at stake. In a […]

A special Will County Board meeting Tuesday called to start a litigation process against the county executive and her ability to veto was forced to adjourn after Republicans who called the meeting did not show.