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New Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker pledged Democrats and Republicans would work together to pass a balanced budget this year as he took the oath of office on Monday at a […]

CTU Poll Puts Preckwinkle in the Lead, Many Still Undecided A new poll released by the Chicago Teachers Union shows that while Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle holds the […]

Ja’Mal Green Drops Out of Race for Chicago Mayor Activist Ja’Mal Green announced Monday he would no longer continue his bid for mayor of Chicago. Green, 23, was one of […]

Man Fatally Struck by Red Line Train at Belmont A man was killed Monday morning after being struck by a CTA Red Line train at the Belmont Avenue station in […]

Chicago Charter School Teachers Walk Out in Nation’s First Ever Charter School Strike More than 500 educators at 15 Chicago charter schools went on strike Tuesday morning in the first-ever […]

Federal agents showed up to the office of Chicago alderman Ed Burke to conduct some kind of search Thursday morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that just before 11:00am, agents who […]

Alderman Danny Solis Will Not Seek Re-election After more than two decades on the City Council, Chicago Alderman Danny Solis will not seek re-election. Solis, who was appointed by Mayor […]

Four people were shot and killed at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on the South Side Monday afternoon. https://twitter.com/rickmajewski/status/1064643189515186178 Shortly after 3:00pm a man identified by police Tuesday morning […]

Comptroller Mendoza Formally Announces Mayoral Bid Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza finally formally declared her candidacy for mayor of Chicago Wednesday morning, releasing the full version of her first campaign video […]

Comptroller Mendoza Mulls a Run for Mayor Fresh off her re-election win for State Comptroller, Susana Mendoza is eyeing jumping into another election—the Chicago mayor’s race. Mendoza, who served as […]

While Democrats across the country may not have gotten the blue wave they hoped for, Illinoisans colored the state lines a darker blue, handing several key positions to the party […]

Illinois Democrats made their big pitch to voters Sunday with a star-studded rally at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, headlined by former President Barack Obama. “The character of our nation […]