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Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches 'Fair Share' budget as investment in Chicago's children

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Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget offers boost to violence intervention with Chicago shootings down

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New gunshot detection system debuting in six Chicago police districts, Mayor Brandon Johnson announces

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US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi urges FBI to investigate Aurora Hindu temple plot as hate crime

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Illinois first lady MK Pritzker commits $500,000 to Ohio's Amy Acton after Ramaswamy ad featuring her mother

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Why Trader Joe's parking lots are the way they are: We ranked every one in Illinois

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Former Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould steps down as St. Viator football coach

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Takeaways from the Chicago Bulls' season-opening 135-92 loss, including Caleb Wilson's messy debut

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Terry Savage: Small business owners, now is the time to offer health insurance coverage

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WNBA Finals: Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 in Game 3 for a 2-1 lead

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Review: Home is where the memories are in Billy Crystal's '860' on Broadway

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Green Bay Packers RB Josh Jacobs contrite as he prepares to play again amid ongoing NFL investigation

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Enes Kanter Freedom refuses to sit in luxury suite of State Farm Arena and leaves WNBA Finals

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Cook County commissioner seeks more data protection from ICE: 'Our duty to protect it'

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Mayor Brandon Johnson: Loving Chicago means fighting for what Chicagoans deserve

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Editorial: A jury vindicates a City Council uprising against settling cases against the police

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Advocates: Closing Choate's developmental disability units is the right decision. Now we have to get it right.

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Stuart Loren: Chicago's budget math no longer works. A corporate head tax will make it worse.

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Ed Soliday faces two challengers for House District 4 seat

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Proposed city budget includes $286M for CPS, but district's financial outlook remains shaky

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JD Vance says he's 'disgusted' by GOP pushback to Vivek Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother

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Evergreen District 124 voters face $68 million proposal for new middle school

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Tom Cruise to receive life achievement award from the American Film Institute

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater executive director exits

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Column: The Ebony and Jet headquarters still has bold and colorful stories to tell us

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'Off-putting' or 'a fine tool'? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant.

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5 things to watch in Thursday's Chicago Bears-New England Patriots matchup — plus our Week 7 predictions

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Chicago Bulls announcer Adam Amin calls 1st quarter of season opener solo in honor of Stacey King

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For Chicago Bulls veteran Norman Powell, rebuilding team culture will take time: 'I'm embracing it'

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Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw's Top 25 for opening round of playoffs

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Week 6 photos: Chicago Bears beat Atlanta Falcons 31-23

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Photos: Open House Chicago 2026

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Photos: 2026 Chicago Marathon

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Photos: Who we saw on the 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story' red carpet

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Photos: Remembering Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka

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Photos: Chicago Bears fans just want to be like Mike (Ditka)

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Chicago White Sox in the playoffs: Recapping their AL Division Series loss to the Cleveland Guardians

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Michigan City residents concerned about new data center moratorium ordinance

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Pace unveils ambitious plan to boost suburban bus service by 50%

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Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook

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War made planting difficult. Now it could boost farmers' profits.

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'Molotov cocktail' was thrown at an ICE building in Atlanta and the FBI is investigating

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Judge rejects subpoena in sweeping immigration enforcement lawsuit — for now

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With temporary protections for Ukrainians in limbo, there is fear and uncertainty: 'Please help us'

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In Paris, Illinois, Trump's ICE raids came home 'when it happened to Jose'

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Portage breaks ground on first new school in nearly 50 years

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Union, custodians protest layoffs at District 130 meeting; board declares one seat vacant

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CPS reaches tentative agreement with lunchroom workers union

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Parents call for change after racial slurs mar Evanston-New Trier football game: 'It's abhorrent'

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Crime and Public Safety

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'He shot my brother': Witnesses testify in trial for Orland Square mall shooter

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Northwestern University student, 19, drowns in Lake Michigan, per Evanston police

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Feds charge Lynwood man with firing shots across Federal Plaza this week

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Southland crime: Carjacking in Hickory Hills, slots burglary in Mokena, and more

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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

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Grands déchets dans les Grands Lacs : Comment la pollution plastique obstrue nos eaux

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La loi de l'Illinois est la première dans la région des Grands Lacs à qualifier les granules de plastique industriels de polluants

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Le problème écrasant du plastique

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Restaurant review: Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, thin crust (with a secret menu jerk chicken pizza) in Chicago

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Good wine, no bottle required

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Cowboy beef sliders bring big flavor to your game-day spread

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Origin of CEO's 'will' at center of family's ownership squabble over Harold's Chicken brand

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Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

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Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

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Illinois ignores rules and red flags as 'servant leader' runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

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Data centers near O'Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

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Today in Chicago History: The University of Illinois extension at Navy Pier opens

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Of Notoriety: Former Trib columnist Kass closing website, comic Tom Arnold and 'Christmas Story' bullies

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Court news: judge weighs release in gambling ring; judicial applicants announced

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RDA pushing forward on scenic byway status for U.S. 12

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Division I recruit Joelle Pye-Blacknard is back to 100%, and Naperville North is back on top of DVC

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These unstoppable leaf cleanup tools conquer damp, sticky yard debris

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