School libraries in 38 Lake County school districts are in the process of receiving more than $90,000 to purchase books and other reading material.

Democratic voters in Wisconsin have asked the state's liberal-controlled Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state's ...

That massive growth funneled $5.84 billion into the special districts designed to spur redevelopment and eradicate blight, according to five years of reports on TIF districts published by the Cook ...

Chicago Police implement a DUI patrol in the Central District to reduce impaired driving and enforce traffic laws.

Leaders of all faiths and on both sides of the aisle welcomed the South Side's own Robert Prevost — Pope Leo XIV — as head of ...

Chicago school board President Sean Harden gathered with some Chicago Public Schools principals to emphasize transparency and ...

The president claims CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is more focused on his future than on the “success of the school district.” ...

Tax-increment financing wasn’t invented in Chicago, but former Mayor Richard M. Daley perfected it as he worked to transform Mud City into a gleaming metropolis.

Some board of education members say Mayor Brandon Johnson is overstepping, while others say he should have someone who can ...

Christopher Kamon was indicted alongside Tom Girardi for taking client funds from a settlement against Boeing over the 2018 ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

Here, get to know Pope Leo XIV’s family: The new pope’s mother was of Spanish decent, and worked as a librarian. She ...