SPRINGFIELD — Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx filed motions in court Dec. 11 to vacate more than 1,000 low-level marijuana convictions, following through on a recently…
Jay Paul Deratany ran for office in Illinois a decade or so ago, promising to reduce taxes. But there are some things that we shouldn’t be cheap about, he says. “If we say we can’t…
Dozens of volunteers built 75 bicycles on Dec. 3 to donate on the following morning to kindergartners, first- and second-graders at a Chicago Title 1 elementary school. Like Santa’s…
Four former executives and two former employees of Outcome Health, a Chicago-based health technology start-up company founded in 2006, have been charged for their alleged roles in a…
Amidst the growing concerns about the future of middle-class neighborhoods in Chicago, the Greater Chatham Initiative is working directly with local developers to reverse the trends….
Nestled in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood is a yellow brick building that is at the forefront of education for students, including pupils with special needs. Nearly half of the…
Chicago Public Schools has announced plans to close Hope High School in the city’s Englewood neighborhood. Hope currently has no enrolled students and was recommended for delayed…
Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson has been fired with less than a month to go in his tenure. “I have terminated Eddie Johnson’s employment with the city of Chicago, effective immediately,”…
