Chicago woman grows her presence in tequila market
May 21, 2025Chicago resident Lizzy Lopez was wondering what do with land her father gave her in Mexico. She was working in a nonprofit job she loved, but there was uncertainty about job security…
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What climate-research cuts could mean for Illinois
May 21, 2025CHICAGO — The Trump administration took the unprecedented step of halting work on the next National Climate Assessment, dismissing all 400 volunteer scientists who were tasked with…
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Thousands stand opposed to Trump
May 20, 2025Throughout this spring in Chicago and across the country there have been marches and rallies protesting the authoritarian policies and actions of the Trump administration. If a…
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Woman charged with failing to report fatal Chicago accident
May 16, 2025A 29-year-old Chicago woman has been charged in connection with an accident that killed a 76-year-old man on the city’s Far South Side. Nyamca Tolefree, a resident of the 6500…
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Joy flows as priest with Chicago ties selected pope
May 15, 2025The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was 2016 and Matijevic, then a seminarian, was the emcee…
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Schakowsky retirement opens door for candidates in waiting
May 15, 2025With a two-year exception, only two people have represented Illinois’ 9th Congressional District since 1949. That will change in January 2027, in the wake of the announcement…
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Two congressional reps enter Senate race
May 15, 2025Two Illinois congressional reps — Robin Kelly and Raja Krisnamoorthi — have entered the race to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kelly U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly was…
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Migrants charged with stealing from Oak Brook stores
May 11, 2025Five Venezuelan migrants, all male juveniles residing in Chicago, have been charged with stealing from two Oak Brook stores. All five juveniles appeared at detention hearings Tuesday…
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Police shoot suspect on West Side
May 11, 2025Chicago police shot a suspect Saturday night on the city’s West Side. Shortly after 10:35 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a call for service on the 1900 block of North Austin…
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Chicago man sentenced for kidnappings
May 11, 2025A Chicago man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for conspiring to abduct several victims at gunpoint in the suburbs. Sedgwick Williams, 48, participated in kidnappings…
