An effort is underway to reclaim Logan Square with affordable housing near transit stops
Housing advocates say equitable Transit-Oriented Development can help stave off gentrification in the Northwest Side neighborhood.
She’s easily ahead in the suburbs, while Harris has a narrow edge in Chicago. On Friday, thanks to the counting of mail ballots from Chicago voters, Harris had a net gain of 1,366 votes.
A social enterprise firm is recruiting neighbors to invest in projects designed to open up real estate ownership to people in their communities.
Our monthly concert list curates great picks from small and neighborhood venues.
Introducing our new monthly theater list: a one-stop shop from WBEZ’s theater reporter for what to see in the month ahead.
‘Shadow’ is set to be released on April 12.
This March marks four years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
Coming off a disappointing season, the White Sox are looking to rebuild. Before you head to a game, here’s what you should know.
Historian Heather Ann Thompson sent copies of her Pulitzer Prize winning book to every prison library in Illinois after settling a lawsuit with the state.
Selective admissions started out as a way to integrate Chicago’s schools. It became a highly competitive program the school board wants to deemphasize.
It’s hard to gauge the success of an effort to protest President Joe Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza, but he appears to have gotten less support from Cook County voters than any incumbent Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter 44 years ago.
The Mag Mile theater company has a slew of ideas for how to get audiences back into “the habit” of live theater, said Kasey Foster, the new artistic director.
Much of the public still knows little if anything about these elections, to be held in November, but groups are lining up to exert influence and educate.
Artificial intelligence tech can help track the changing populations of plants, insects, birds and frogs species in tropical rainforests.
Sarah McCammon writes about the deeply personal and political impact of going from evangelical to ex-vangelical.
An analysis showed Chicagoans made more no-heat complaints during January’s historic cold snap than any other time in the last five years.
The new report by ACLU of Illinois and Women’s Justice Institute shares stories from women who were pregnant while jailed across Illinois. Researchers also say a quarter of county jails don’t have written policies on how to care for people who are pregnant or postpartum.
The CTU says it’s shifting its target from City Hall to Springfield to demand more funding. But the state faces its own financial constraints.
Zachary Kam, who served in Afghanistan, burned the flag to protest the killing of at least 32,300 Palestinians in the ongoing war in Gaza and says the DNC should be canceled.
Woods will see the fruits of one of her longest-germinating projects when FORCE!, a three-act opera, is staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art this month.
One reason for the long-delayed payments for traffic control outside big events is the city takes so long to send a bill, according to Live Nation and others.
Thousands more votes to be counted Monday, March 25.
Chicago has some 400,000 lead pipes – and replacement of those pipes is slow-going.
The Hindu festival marks the beginning of spring.
More mail-in ballots were counted Sunday, leaving 2,015 votes separating Harris and Burke. The two were separated by 4,771 votes after Saturday’s count. Burke is leading Harris 50.19% to 49.81% overall.
Tens of thousands of fans online can’t get enough of the Frannie and Dan love story happening in the Chicago suburb.
In the first LSC election in 1989, more than 17,000 parents, teachers and community members ran for seats. Now, many schools struggle to find enough candidates.
Cicadas, and the way they urinate, offer a ‘perfect’ lab for understanding fluid dynamics at very small scales, researchers say
The dessert was popular in the 1950s and ’60s, and was even a favorite of a former Chicago mayor. Today, only a few local bakeries sell it.
The Thursday before Easter will likely be the busiest day at Midway and O’Hare airports, the city’s Aviation Department says.
The Associated Press called it for opponents, as voters reject an effort to authorize a tax increase on the sale of high-end properties to raise money for homelessness prevention.
Higher turnout in homeowner-rich areas in opposition and lackluster support from Mayor Johnson strongholds might have doomed the referendum.
For high schoolers interested in writing or hip-hop, the Rooted and Radical festival is its own March Madness: a competition in rounds for some of the most talented MCs in the area.
Burke’s legal retirement marks a shift from earlier this month, when the state listed him as eligible to practice law despite his federal conviction.
The city of Chicago has learned lessons and brought on new caterers to feed South American migrants in temporary shelters.
Some Chicago City Council members urged more oversight of which projects Johnson’s plan would fund, while supporters said it would be a much needed boon to housing and city development.
Welcome to our first documentary club! We watched Netflix’s The Greatest Night in Pop, and we have notes!
The Cook County state’s attorney said Tuesday’s historically low turnout “tells me that we have an electorate that has not been engaged and that’s very troubling, not just for the state’s attorney’s race, but for our democracy as a whole.”