Students learn core subjects through adaptive software, with non-credentialed “guides” overseeing progress and activities.
A 15 percent decline in September wagers prompts warnings that bettors are shifting to cheaper illegal markets under one of the nation’s highest per-bet taxes.
Mayor Katrina Thompson says she refuses to govern her small town outside Chicago from a position of fear.
A look back at nearly 150 years of deployments shows the guard responding to labor strikes, riots, protests and pandemics, but never under federal orders.
Chicago is $1.15 billion short. A report commissioned by Mayor Brandon Johnson looks unlikely to solve that problem.
The mayor is facing a more than $1 billion budget deficit and has already disavowed a property tax hike.
New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee has idealism and charisma. If he wins, he’ll need someone with a deep understanding of how a city works to translate passion into governance. There’s an obvious candidate.
The state is seeing a larger decline in residents 18 and younger than any other state. It’s also getting older and seeing losses in its working-age population.
Local transit agencies are facing a budget gap of nearly $800 million. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to provide nearly double that amount and overhaul the systems but the House has not yet acted.
Chicago’s mayor has an ambitious plan to make the city an active partner in getting more housing built. It’s the way things used to work — and still do in some other countries.
Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery conspiracy and other corruption charges.
Chicago-area transit agencies face a $771 million budget gap. Absent state action, they’re warning about a 40 percent reduction in service and 3,000 layoffs.
Climate models aren't generally specific enough to capture the reasons some urban neighborhoods are prone to flooding. A study in Chicago is examining both causes and remedies.
Jurors deadlocked in a bribery case involving Democratic state Sen. Emil Jones III, the third high-profile Illinois public corruption case to end inconclusively over the last several months.
Rather than limiting curfews to downtown, police could give teens a half-hour to disperse from any part of the city at any time.
For the first time in 15 years, the city and union reached a deal without a strike or strike vote. The agreement will increase spending by $1.5 billion, mostly for raises.
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