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Some Chicago aldermen say 30 days may not be enough time to review proposed tweaks to the city’s parking meter privatization deal.

Attorneys revealed their defense for the indicted Illinois state representative charged with bank fraud. 

Police have reopened a portion of Michigan Avenue that was shut down Tuesday as they investigated a suspicious package. 

We live at a time when queer people have never been more ubiquitous in media and out in the world. But Jason Collins' description of life in the NBA closet harkens back to a darker and lonelier time.

After an experimental treatment in an Illinois hospital, a 2-year-old born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells. 

Closing Fermi Elementary looks straightforward until you track how students will be reshuffled.

Some environmentalists warn that a recent federal report on greenhouse gases doesn’t tell the full story. The Environmental Protection Agency says natural gas producers have significantly reduced emissions of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that could decide whether the fossil fuel is a viable short-term option for fighting climate change.