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Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.
Recent studies have found regular users of these products have a higher risk of getting certain cancers. The industry maintains their products are safe.
Chicago Public Media lays off 14 staffers, citing financial troubles
The move to terminate nearly 15% of 62 unionized content creators at WBEZ and four people at the Chicago Sun-Times comes amid declining fundraising, listenership and philanthropic support.
Four Chicago restaurants, chefs among 2024 James Beard Award finalists
Seventeen local eateries/chefs had been nominated as semifinalists earlier this year.
Bally’s takeover bid ‘jeopardizes’ Chicago casino project, investors argue
As Bally’s chairman Soo Kim tries to take the company private, a pair of influential investors say his bid should be rejected — and that a more experienced company should be brought in to build the city’s long-sought casino.
Johnson chooses Cristina Pacione-Zayas as chief of staff
Pacione-Zayas, the first Latina in the role, spent the past 11 months learning the ropes of city government as Rich Guidice’s top deputy.
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been hospitalized
A spokesperson for the clerk said she is hospitalized with a serious medical condition and is undergoing medical treatment.
Chicago Symphony taps millennial Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä for top musical post
Mäkelä, who is just 28, has been called ‘perhaps the fastest-rising conductor of his generation’ and has already had prominent roles in Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam.
How Eileen O’Neill Burke won the razor-thin primary for Cook County state’s attorney
The neck-and-neck Democratic race between O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III was marked by huge margins at the precinct level, data show.
Chicago’s first chief homelessness officer named
Sendy Soto, a former official with the city’s Department of Housing and the co-chair of the housing committee in Johnson’s transition team, will take on the job next week.