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Chicago Sun-Times - Politics

ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested

13 hours ago

Illinois House revives school cellphone ban; bill awaits scrutiny in Senate

15 hours ago

Bodycam video shows Chicago cop took cover for 90 seconds after fatally shooting his partner Krystal Rivera

16 hours ago

Barbara Flynn Currie, 'trailblazer who opened doors for generations of women' dies

24 minutes ago

Trump feuding with the pope? I thought he was the pope

2 days ago

State revenues up but uncertainty looms as fiscal year closes out

4 days ago

Ye facing the music over ill-fated embrace of Nazism

7 days ago

Illinoisans push state leaders for more affordable housing options

11 days ago

Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckons with a spotlight it never wanted

14 hours ago

Power Rising Summit draws Kamala Harris and Juliana Stratton to harness the collective power of Black women

1 day ago

Chicago cabbies conflicted about fare hike intended to save taxi industry

17 hours ago

Johnson has just $813,125 in campaign cash months before mayoral race; Giannoulias has $18.3 million

1 day ago

City's poor debt collection worsening its dire financial straits, inspector general says

1 day ago

Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing

1 day ago

Rahm Emanuel's mayoral record 'disqualifying' for a possible presidential contender, Johnson says

1 day ago

Chicago's school board election is coming. What to know, what's at stake.

14 hours ago

Car insurance premium inequities are driven by age, credit and ZIP code, study finds

2 days ago

Former charter school executive Tim King charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Urban Prep

1 day ago

Ex-mayor's aide got child hired by city contractor, let firm do unauthorized work, inspector general says

1 day ago

HUD ends Mayor Johnson's bid to make former Ald. Burnett CHA chief

2 days ago

City Council chooses Ald. Villegas as Zoning chair

1 day ago

Son of late Cook County commissioner fatally shot mother at West Side home, then killed himself: autopsy

2 days ago

Chicago cab fares going up 20% as City Council tries to buoy taxi industry

2 days ago

Push to slow increase of Chicago's subminimum wage fails

2 days ago

Council turns up heat to find replacement for ShotSpotter

2 days ago

ComEd Bribery Trial

3 days ago

Ex-ComEd CEO, Madigan ally to be freed from prison as appeals court calls for new trial in conspiracy case

3 days ago

Same-sex couple households increase over 70% in Chicago since 2005, new census data shows

3 days ago

Extremism in the Ranks

4 days ago

City Council panel advances ban on cops joining Proud Boys, other extremist groups

4 days ago

Council committee backs raising Chicago cab fares 20% to save taxi industry

3 days ago

Pope Leo XIV

4 days ago

Pope Leo brushes off Trump attack as a Chicago Catholic leader says president is 'waking up a sleeping giant'

4 days ago

Taxpayers face $9.5M settlement tied to alleged coerced confession by onetime CPD detective

4 days ago

House Speaker backs millionaires tax, but Democrats split over how much to devote to property tax relief

4 days ago

Listen Sunday to WBEZ's latest 'Prisoncast!'

7 days ago

Trump administration wants to cut Illinois out of Great Lakes carp plan

7 days ago

Illinois regulators have little power to stop hospital shutdowns. Lawmakers are stepping in.

8 days ago

Advocates file lawsuit against Chicago Housing Authority over appointment of new CEO

7 days ago

Kenya Merritt's DCASE appointment advances as alderpersons voice concerns about whistleblower lawsuit

4 days ago