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Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the venerable road’s threshold. On a hot and windy ...

Chicago elected officials and other representatives from Illinois are pushing back on Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.

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A new report from UIC confirms that Latinos account for nearly 30% of Chicago’s population and draws attention to shifting demographics.

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We speak to Evan McKenzie, a professor of political science at the University of Illinois Chicago, about the latest updates on the city's infamous parking meter deal.

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago joined a coalition of 26 states, counties, and cities in a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s