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Joe Ferguson: How Chicago transit is governed requires reform before the state rescues it with cash
For years, poor governance has doomed the Chicago region to an inefficient transit system that fails to adequately serve its ...
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U of I fights state funding overhaul that would aid struggling campuses
Proposed state legislation that would boost funding for public universities is pitting the University of Illinois System ...
ICE arrests Venezuelan man in Chicago after local authorities release him
Enforcement and Removal Operations, an ICE unit that manages the immigration law enforcement process, had filed a detainer, which is a request for a law enforcement agency to hold someone who can ...
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Hindu religious coercion lawsuit in Chicago schools settled for $2.6 million
Despite the foundation's assertion that TM's form of mantra meditation is non-religious, the Sanskrit invocations of Hindu ...
Less than half of CPS schools have herd immunity from measles, state data shows
A Sun-Times analysis of state data found the rate of vaccinations has dropped sharply from the rate in 2019, when 90% of ...
State Street Bridge over Chicago River closed until mid-November
The State Street Bridge over the Chicago River is closed to all pedestrian and vehicle traffic until November for emergency ...
Chicagoans share pride in new pope
Pope Leo XIV is the first pontiff from the U.S. and Chicagoans are already proudly claiming him as their own.May 8, 2025 ...
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Da pope? Chicagoans sound off on the new pontiff
Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the ...