The Illinois Senate voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment after an astonishing 36 years, becoming the 37th state to ratify the 1972 amendment. “I think voting to ratify the […]
A former Chicago aviation police officer is suing the City and an airline for being fired after he helped drag a 69 year-old man off a United Airlines flight when […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is the nation’s third least popular governor, with an approval rating of just 26 percent and a disapproval rating of 60. According to a new poll […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said he would send National Guard troops to the border if President Donald Trump requested them from the state. “Frankly, the president is the commander-in-chief of […]
For the first time in more 171 years, journalists at the Chicago Tribune could have a union. “Greetings. We’re the journalists of the Chicago Tribune and its community publications, and […]
Alderman Mike Zalewski, who’s worked with the City for 42 years and served as 23rd Ward alderman for 23, will step down from his post at the end of May. […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health approved a level 1 trauma center at University of Chicago Medicine’s Hyde Park campus, which will officially begin on May 1st. “This is a […]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on Illinois lawmakers Monday to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a bill that would require gun dealers to be licensed. “He signed regulation on […]
The University of Chicago community held protests on Thursday at the school’s campus over the shooting of a fourth-year student by police. Hundreds of students and other community members began […]
Illinois and Chicago joined seventeen states and six cities in suing the federal government Tuesday over the constitutionality of a question regarding citizenship being added to census forms added by […]
Two Illinois politicians weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposal to deploy the National Guard along the southern border between the U.S. and Mexico to combat what he alleges is […]
A University of Chicago police officer shot an seriously wounded a man late Tuesday night just a few blocks north of the school’s Hyde Park campus. Witnesses allege the man […]