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Mayor Mamdani spoke at a "rental ripoff" hearing earlier this month. With an appeal to the state’s high court, Mamdani reverses a campaign pledge. [ more › ]
Months after President Donald Trump ended a pummeling deportation blitz in Chicago, the city and its “sanctuary” policies have been thrust back into the national spotlight following the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old college student. As loved ones and fellow Loyola University Chicago students mour
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — As Notre Dame star running back Jeremiyah Love progressed toward becoming a top NFL prospect, the way the league valued his position was erratic. As he wrapped up his high school career in 2022, no running backs went in the first round, even after Saquon Barkley’s arrival. Then th
When Meisha Porter, the former leader of New York City’s school system, withdrew her name from consideration to become the CEO of Chicago Public Schools last week, the district suddenly found itself with just two candidates for the job. One of them is Macquline King, who has been serving as CPS’ int
Chicago is taking yet another baby step along the road toward providing some form of reparations for descendants of African-American slaves. Two years after naming his own chief equity officer and charging Carla Kupe with overseeing the work of a $500,000 reparations task force, Mayor Brandon Johnso
The CTA filed a lawsuit last week against the federal transit agencies over their decision to freeze over $3 billion in funding for two major Red Line projects over concerns about “race-based contracting.”
Reminders of Him in wide release in theaters The post Review: Reminders of Him appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Reminders of Him in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Reminders of Him</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
The mayor of west suburban Broadview is calling on the federal government to shut down a de facto immigration detention center that was the epicenter of protests — and violent responses from federal agents — that engulfed the small village last fall. Mayor Katrina Thompson is also asking the feds fo
In a court filing, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said the petition backed by a coalition of elected officials and community groups is a "heavy-handed attempt" to "usurp" her authority.
A medida que el presidente Donald Trump utilizó el “devastador” asesinato de la estudiante de la Universidad Loyola de Chicago, Sheridan Gorman, para justificar su impulso hacia las deportaciones masivas, el presunto hombre armado permanecía hospitalizado y se perdió su audiencia judicial inicial en
The U.S. Department of Transportation must dispense more than $3 billion it was withholding from the Chicago Transit Authority for the Red Line extension and other projects, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin granted the CTA's temporary restraining order a
Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday he was unaware before Garien Gatewood was fired that the deputy mayor for community safety had filed a complaint against the top mayoral aides who lowered the boom. Gatewood oversaw the community safety plan Johnson credits with historic drops in violent crime. Las
NEW YORK — The WNBA Board of Governors unanimously ratified the terms of a new collective-bargaining agreement on Tuesday. Their vote came a day after the players also unanimously approved the seven-year CBA, which will begin this season and run through 2032. It represents a landmark labor deal for
A proposal for a new apartment building on the block initially spared the longtime restaurant from having to move. But now construction will cause the Belmont Avenue building to be demolished, forcing Ann Sather to find a new Lakeview home.
Two gunmen walked up to a 67-year-old man and fatally shot him Tuesday afternoon near United Center. The man was outside in the 2100 block of West Madison Street when two armed assailants on foot pulled guns and opened fire, police said. He was hit in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he
On Friday, Quiana Nichol received an email that filled her with dread. For three years, the 26-year-old has lived in an Elmhurst apartment that has been partially subsidized by a federally funded Emergency Housing Voucher. But the email warned that funding for the voucher she uses to pay most of her
Stuck front man Greg Obis forged his band in response to bad times. The group dropped their gnarly, serrated debut album, Change Is Bad, a couple weeks after the pandemic shut down the country in 2020, and their 2023 follow up Freak Frequency skewed even more wound-up and aggressive. This Friday, Ex
Stuck front man Greg Obis forged his band in response to bad times. The group dropped their gnarly, serrated debut album, Change Is Bad, a couple weeks after the pandemic shut down the country in 2020, and their 2023 follow up Freak Frequency skewed even more wound-up and aggressive. This Friday, Ex
Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of trying to claim a parking space with a few scattered chairs, or dinette tables, or whatever, just because you took the trouble of shoveling it out. A weird blend of private effort and public display, these
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