This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers Project and Capitol News Illinois. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, at a ...

Local School Council (LSC) elections are taking place Wednesday across Chicago Public Schools, with students, parents, teachers and local residents eligible to vote. LSC members serve a two-year term, ...

This story is the second of two about Paul Cornell, the "Father of Hyde Park." In 1861, the residents of Paul Cornell’s experiment in community petitioned the state legislature to create Hyde Park ...

Kurt Weill’s “Der Silbersee” is only very infrequently staged because it is quite long, has huge stretches of German dialogue ...

Emery Matthews straightened piles of ballots in the lobby of the Congregation Rodfei Zedek polling place Tuesday afternoon as she waited for another rush of voters.

Hyde Bark Play Park, a boutique doggy day care, will close its doors on March 20 after a little more than three years in ...

Juliana Stratton rode a late wave of momentum to win the Democratic nomination for Illinois’ open U.S. Senate seat, toppling longtime frontrunner Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi with the financial aid and ...

Donna Miller, a south suburban Cook County commissioner, won the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday night.

When Kayleigh White opened a plain white envelope stamped “UNDUE” in big, bold blue letters late last year, she threw it away ...

With the March 17 primary days away, the leading candidates in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District Democratic race spent the weekend making their case to voters from Hyde Park to South Shore. While ...

Klaus Mäkelä, who becomes the new music director of the CSO with the 2027–28 season, returned to Chicago last week to lead an ...