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Climate Change Is Already Impacting Lake Michigan — Here’s How

Erratic water levels, disappearing beaches — climate change is already affecting Lake Michigan’s shoreline. Here’s what else we can expect.

We asked experts for ideas on how to make Chicago a more sustainable city.

Norman Livingston Kerr wants anti-violence ‘sustainability’ but his staff will be tiny until the mayor lifts a freeze on city hiring.

An Illinois school district at the center of a national fight over transgender student rights is proposing full access to locker rooms.

Millions of Americans are impacted by the criminal justice system each year. The Marshall Project and WBEZ are telling their stories.

Chicago rejected an offer to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit at no cost. The city now owes $1.9 million plus millions in legal fees.

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If you're about to read 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood — but you don’t want to read it alone — then you’ve come to the right podcast.

The federal subpoena targets 17 organizations with ties to the Rev. Leon Finney, Jr., who was a close ally of Chicago mayors for decades.

Chicago’s roof and porch lottery gives lower-income homeowners a chance to get these big-ticket home repairs paid for by the city.

New from WBEZ Chicago, 'Motive' is a true crime podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Main of the Chicago Sun-Times.

This year alone, city policy required Uber and Lyft to suspend more than 15,500 people — about 15% of local ride-share drivers.

From driving to drug tests — quick hit answers to your questions about legal pot in Illinois.