State lawmakers are out with yet another proposed map of voting districts for Chicago’s first elected school board race slated for November 2024 — and they’re hoping it will be passed by legislators ...

On the long-established official map of Chicago, there’s no Wicker Park, Pilsen or Bronzeville, but a University of Chicago professor has rolled out a project that might change that. The city ...

Activists who’d long opposed mayoral control over Chicago Board of Education appointments won a victory in 2021 when Illinois legislators voted to shift authority over the state’s largest school ...

Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled their latest attempt at drawing districts for an elected school board in Chicago, a little more than a year before voters first cast ballots for the ...

More than 50,000 participants are expected to flood the streets of Chicago on Oct. 13 in the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, with the course route taking them on a grand tour of the city. The ...

While cicada sightings are certainly on the rise in the Chicago area, some residents in area suburbs have reported seeing none at all. It's true that the emergence has been patchy in the region, with ...

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