Chicago will stop forcibly enrolling some high school freshmen into military classes
After an investigation found that students at small, majority Black and Latino high schools were steered toward JROTC, CPS pledged to make changes.
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A mother looks to the friends of her slain child for a dose of healing and hugs
“It’s like my soul left my body,” said Chanell Holliday during a visit with classmates of her son. He was fatally shot on Saturday near The Bean.
Cook County announces plans for the nation’s largest guaranteed basic income pilot
The Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will provide $500 monthly payments to 3,250 county residents for 24 months.
Billionaire Kenneth Griffin’s financial empire is expanding its firearms-related holdings
This comes as Griffin’s favored GOP gubernatorial candidate, Richard Irvin, has hammered Gov. JB Pritzker for failing to stem violent crime.
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COVID-19 in Chicago and Illinois
Follow WBEZ’s news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic focuses on equity, the vaccine rollout in Chicago and the state, and the impact on our daily lives.
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Coronavirus in Illinois: Today’s case count and death toll
See the latest numbers of Illinois COVID-19 cases and deaths.
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Isolation, virtual classes and resilience: 2022 grads reflect on college life dominated by the pandemic
“The pandemic just kind of changed my outlook,” one 2022 grad said. “Now I realize I can only take things day by day and see what happens.”
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A Chicago police sergeant resigns as the city releases a report on 16-year-old allegations of extortion
City investigators tied Sgt. Alvin Jones to corrupt cops, but his dismissal case got buried in red tape. Now he has quit.
Has Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot kept her campaign promises?
In 2019, we asked Lightfoot her thoughts on everything from the environment to crime. Three years later, we took a look at her progress.
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In wave after deadly wave, COVID has claimed 1 million lives in the U.S.
The virus became the third leading cause of death in the U.S., and caused so many to die in the prime of life that the country experienced the biggest drop in life expectancy since World War II.
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‘Like an oven’: Heat in woman’s unit was intolerable, son says after mom dies in Rogers Park senior home
Janice Reed, 68, was among three women found unresponsive Saturday at the James Sneider Apartments. Gwendolyn Osborne, 72, and Delores McNeely, 76, also died.
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Chicago’s City Council passes a new ward map
The approved map creates the city’s first majority-Asian ward and avoids a public referendum where voters decide boundaries.
Chicagoans who live near heavy-traffic corridors are breathing the most polluted air
Data from a new sensor network shows the highest rates of pollution in Little Village, Austin, Englewood, Irving Park and other neighborhoods.
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Is it COVID or something else? Parents of young kids navigate an unusually long flu season
If it feels like everyone you know has been sick recently, that’s because there’s a lot of different viruses circulating — some that are unusual for this time of year.
