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Chicago's top cop Larry Snelling announces retirement

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City Hall ends 2025 with a negative $52 million balance

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Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker

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CTA boss avoids potential grilling for second time as Council members skip meeting

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Top aide to ex-Ald. Carrie Austin gets probation for role in home improvement kickbacks

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Illinois AFL-CIO unlikely to withhold endorsements

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Israel celebrated by some, wished out of existence by others

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Happy birthday to me, her and Donald Trump

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Obama Presidential Center aims to lift Chicago and the nation

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Mayor Johnson's renter protection proposal faces fierce resistance from building owners

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As temperatures soar, city urged to add nighttime cooling options for vulnerable residents

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Laws on cocktails-to-go, cyberbullying and new rules for older motorists take effect

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Chicago man linked to alleged plot to attack White House UFC event ordered held in jail

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Chicago's top cop names new No. 2, promoting detectives' chief Antoinette Ursitti

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U.S. Supreme Court

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U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban

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Bill on Pritzker's desk would boost state payments to the wrongfully convicted

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Why is it so expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago?

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Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco | WBEZ

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Keerti Gopal | Inside Climate News

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Burglaries at video gambling establishments are soaring, with more than 500 reported so far in 2026

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Supreme Court rejects GOP mail ballot challenge, but Illinois Dems warn voting rights 'still under attack'

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Bally's raises eyebrows by hiring ex-Mayor Lightfoot's law firm to challenge video gambling terminals

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Illinois sees dramatic drop in opioid overdose deaths

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What to know about the 'Broadview Six' scandal rocking Chicago's federal courthouse

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Pritzker zings Trump, critiques 'complacent' Democrats and calls for empathy in Texas convention speech

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'I'm in debtors' prison,' says Chicago options trader jailed 4 years over unpaid $10 million divorce judgment

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Illinois lawmakers crack down on junk fees, bots in online ticket sales

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Kalshi sues to block new Illinois tax on prediction markets

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NY firm aiming to buy parking meters soft-sells Council, sheds light on city's earlier bid to buy back meters

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Mayor Johnson takes first step toward creating stand-alone city department to reduce gun violence

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Mayor's financial task force proposes Downtown congestion fee, service tax, restructuring electricity taxes

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Fran Spielman Show

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CHA's Matthew Brewer joins the race for mayor

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Unified transit police force is 'easiest' option but could be costly, Sheriff Dart says

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Chicago teens testify about takeovers — 'How can we better make adults our role models?'

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Bally's offers to substitute airport slot machines for video gambling terminals

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Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois abortion legislation shielding patients' medical records

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As 'Broadview Six' prosecutor faces reckoning, Boutros yet to escape cloud hanging over his office

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Gov. Pritzker is leading Chicago fundraiser for Senate candidate and rising Democratic star James Talarico

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Mayor Johnson embraces proposal for a stand-alone city Department of Gun Violence Reduction

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