Students at Hancock College Prep learned about the responsibilities of Chicago’s school board and how to develop an opinion ...

A young Chicago police officer was killed in the line of duty Monday night in the East Chatham neighborhood, and one person ...

Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper “Lil Durk” is facing new charges in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a rival rapper and he could be facing life in federal prison.

Illinois Democrats in congressional races hope to fend off challenges from Republicans fighting to keep control of the U.S.

The city’s first elections to the school board were disappointing for candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, but additional appointments by the mayor will likely mean he and the ...

The building's most recent owner has been seeking to tear it down to build a 21-story housing development for seniors.

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president ... the Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...

On February 28, alongside the mayoral and aldermanic elections, Chicagoans will be voting in members of new political bodies called “district councils.” Each of Chicago’s 22 police ... then 15 years ...

When asked about her potential breaking of glass ceilings for Black women and all women, Harris often quotes her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who told her after being elected district ... The ...