Hyde Park residents and advocates fear an Army Corps erosion plan to protect the lakefront could harm the rare natural refuge in Hyde Park.

Political action committees with unlimited raising and spending power poured nearly $33 million into a handful of closely ...

Chavez, who died more than three decades ago, has long been revered in the Latino and labor strongholds of Chicago with ...

Before the primary, the Cook Political Report rated the Illinois 4th District race as Solidly Democratic, so the winner of ...

Tax increment financing was created to fund community-improvement projects. Some working-class neighborhoods are losing out because the mayor and the Chicago City Council used TIFs to bail out the ...

Nextdoor released its 2026 list of Illinois' friendliest cities. A community outside the Chicago area ranked No. 1. Rankings ...

One in four Chicago adults are living with a disability, and the majority reside on the South and West sides, according to a new report released Tuesday by the city. The report uncovers for the first ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — As developers prepare to break ground on a new professional soccer stadium in the Windy City, community organizers argue they’ve been blocked out of the planning process for the ...

Erin Franzblau was picking up her three young kids at a day care when her dog, Charlie, disappeared ABC 7 Chicago/YouTube A stolen dog has been reunited with his family, thanks to Chicago neighbors ...