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One local caseworker says her clients are always in crisis. They can’t cover heating bills or get kicked out of their home and need to find a shelter on short notice. They need to find jobs to get assistance.

In metropolitan Chicago, since 2009, three clusters of suburbs have been pioneering a groundbreaking, collaborative approach to planning, housing and economic development, known as interjurisdictional collaboration. Their work has demonstrated the promise of this burgeoning model as an efficient, cost-effective, and effective approach to development.

If an emergency federal program is not renewed by the end of the year, thousands will lose unemployment benefits.

Thanks but no thanks to bank swag.

The commercialization of Christmas is now a foregone conclusion. But have we forgotten what we're celebrating?

As the state of Michigan passes right to work legislation, some in Indiana are remembering their own struggle nearly a year ago. And depending on who you ask, the results are mixed.

Chicago aldermen this week will cast a final vote on a municipal electricity aggregation program, the largest of its kind in the country.