The project aims to turn a disused rail line into a path for walking, biking and gathering. Organizers hope to honor the area’s cultural significance and help improve the community’s health outcomes ...

A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ ...

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Casey Means has no government experience and dropped out of her surgical residency program, saying she became disillusioned ...

As Illinois residents scrambled to meet the Real ID deadline, many instead ran into long lines, appointment shortages and ...

Chicago faces an affordable housing shortfall of more than 119,000 units, and more than half of Chicagoans spend more than 30 ...

The report says Illinois graduates who transferred from a community college take out, on average, 38% more debt than those ...

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has represented the 8th Congressional District since 2017. He was born in India and grew up in ...

There promises to be nothing boring about the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who will retire in 2027 after ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.

Amid falling birth rates, the administration is thinking up potential incentives for future mothers that include: a $5,000 postpartum baby bonus, and a “National Medal of Motherhood” for women who ...