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Fundraiser for Illinois GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey delayed after Tribune raised ethics law questions

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Mayor Brandon Johnson touts faster Chicago police responses post-ShotSpotter

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Groupon laying off 400 employees — nearly 25% of its workforce — in AI shift

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Andrej Stojaković will return to Illinois next season after withdrawing his name from the NBA draft

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Judge gives Hawthorne Race Course go-ahead to investigate its allegations that the state is improperly cutting its funds

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Jill Biden says she feared Joe Biden was having a stroke during disastrous 2024 debate

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Matthew Perry's assistant gets more than 3 years in prison for central role in his ketamine death

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Editorial: It's time to get tougher on teen takeovers after chaotic Memorial Day weekend

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Will Johnson: Chicago doesn't want ideology from its next mayor. It wants competence.

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Sara Huston: How efforts to reunite Argentines in the 1980s will help Ukrainian children

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Calumet City aldermen attorneys seek dismissal of lawsuit from Mayor Thaddeus Jones

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Waukegan Ald. Sylvia Sims Bolton charged with casting dead mother's ballot

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Potential Lockport data center development draws heavy public opposition

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'Emily in Paris' alum Pierre Deny dead after 'sudden and severe' ALS battle

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Chicago Tribune Food Awards winners map: All the places we've honored since 2011

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Jazz and classical music for summer 2026: Let the anniversaries roll

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Chicago Stars' Mallory Swanson returns to the USWNT for the 1st time since the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Photos: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson heads to the Vatican to meet Pope Leo

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Photos: Sueños Music Festival

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Photos: Northwestern lacrosse wins NCAA championship at Martin Stadium

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Photos: South Side street renamed in honor of fallen Chicago police officer

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Photos: Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern

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Route 66: Photos from the 'Main Street of America'

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Game 3 photos: White Sox beat the Cubs 9-8 in City Series at Rate Field

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Game 2 photos: White Sox beat Cubs 8-3 in City Series at Rate Field

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Photos: NBA draft combine at Wintrust Arena

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Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

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Former Chicago Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore lists Vernon Hills home for $1.9M

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Area Catholic leaders, experts praise Pope Leo's AI encyclical

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Waukegan and Brookfield banks plan merger: 'We'll be able to enter new markets'

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Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping

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ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate, an AP investigation finds

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President Donald Trump's latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards

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ICE releases Chicago Public Schools senior ahead of Mather High School graduation

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Attorneys, alleged victim call for upgraded charges against ICE agent accused of misdemeanor battery

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Oak Forest High School graduates impress with their dedication to helping kids

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Twenty-five graduate from Lake County's Veterans Treatment Court

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51 candidates file for Chicago school board elections: 'It's a historic moment'

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Now a published author living in England, Sandburg grad goes 'full circle' with writer's series return

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Crime and Public Safety

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Winfield discovered $30K in seized cash was missing in early May

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Family grieves 31-year-old basketball player shot and killed in Dolton: 'He was beloved'

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East Chicago man gets 3 years for dealing cocaine in connection with deadly drug buy

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Town of Porter intends to close joint police dispatch by Oct. 1

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Chicago under air quality alert through Wednesday night

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IDEM declares Wednesday an Air Quality Action Day in Northwest Indiana

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EPA announces $295 million to remove Illinois lead pipes even as Trump moves to roll back clean water protections

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'It was a blur': Newton County officials reflect on rare EF3 tornado

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Tribune Food Awards: The 2026 Critic's Choice winners

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What's behind the push to make the Italian beef Illinois' official sandwich? Thank 'The Bear.'

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Everything you need to know for the 2026 Chicago farmers market season

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The Capital Grille at Skokie's Old Orchard to close, but there's no successor yet

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A mysterious company abandoned 603 oil wells, costing Illinois millions. Here's how they did it.

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Restrictions on private guardianship of vulnerable adults advance in Springfield

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Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run

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A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills

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Today in Chicago History: Century of Progress — the city's second world's fair — opens with parade

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Today in History: Tornado strikes St. Louis and East St. Louis

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Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

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La Grange veterans pay tribute for 82nd year at annual Memorial Day service

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Kane County's 2027 budget process is underway, with plans to present a draft budget as early as July

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Waukegan D60 preparing new app for next school year: 'A fresh start for the entire community'

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Merrillville officials place one-year moratorium on data centers

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Porter County raising funds for new park, Sunset Hill events center

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