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A coalition of real estate and development groups filed suit Friday seeking to knock the binding referendum off the ballot, calling it an example of “log-rolling,” a legislative tactic of combining a politically unpopular proposal with popular one so voters will swallow the bitter pill.

An average of 34 city residents are hospitalized with the virus daily, and COVID-19-related hospitalizations are up nearly 14% over the last week, according to city data.

Support groups are trying to address obstacles to care that include language barriers and a persistent shortage of mental health workers.

New York Knicks wing Quentin Grimes was floated as a potential Chicago Bulls trade target.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan made his first courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, a happy couple celebrated winning the lottery for Cook County’s first marriage license in 2024, and the legendary Rosebud on Taylor Italian restaurant…

Earlier today I joined Michelle Rook, on AgWeb's Markets Now, to discuss the the wheat, soybean, and corn markets. In addition, we discussed the cattle market and crude oil.

Performers are mystifying audiences in an elegant downtown basement, a former Rogers Park vaudeville house and even a Lincoln Square gelato shop.

White, 32, plays Chicago-based chef Carmy in 2023’s hottest show ‘The Bear’

One of the groups that received a grant provides free cooking classes and nutritional coaching for communities on the South and West sides.

Bey, 70, who is a Columbia College Chicago professor, completes his three-part series of photographs with “Stony the Road,” now on exhibition in Richmond, Virginia.

For 100 years, U. of C. researchers have worked to record history at the temple complex of Medinet Habu. Now, they’re aiming to protect them from climate change and other ravages.