Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson have strong ties to public education — and very different plans for Chicago Public Schools.
Prosecution key witness Fidel Marquez, a former ComEd VP, spent hours testifying Tuesday about fielding constant requests to find jobs for people pushed by former House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Asked how they would bring together a divided city, Vallas said his “comprehensive, very strong, very cohesive and united coalition” would allow him to do so. Johnson said he wouldn’t have gotten this far without a “multi-cultural, multi-generational movement” that is “Black, Brown, white, Asian, young old, middle-class and working class.”
Championship teams need a quarterback. and Incoming president/CEO Kevin Warren believes the Bears have theirs.
Artistic director — the first woman to lead the 98-year-old theater — revealed an eclectic lineup for 2023-24.
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Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny.
Officers were responding to a ShotSpotter call when they found the woman unresponsive in an alley in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue.
In one of the robberies Wednesday, a customer’s Jeep was carjacked. Police have not said if the robberies are linked. No injuries have been reported.
Saturday will be the irregular convergence of three opening days in fishing: the start of Illinois’ spring inland trout season, the reopening of fishing at Heidecke Lake (good prospects) and the start of that Chicago tradion, smelt netting (not much hope).
Man worries that he can’t live up to her many previous partners.
An appellate court in Maryland reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing after finding that a lower court failed to give the victim’s family sufficient notice that his conviction was going to be overturned.
The Hawks mustered extremely little offense, taking nearly 14 minutes to get their first shot on goal, in a 4-1 defeat against the Stars on Tuesday.
The Chicago native played one season with the Bulls; Pau Gasol also gets in.
Vice President Mike Pence will not be asked about his actions on Jan. 6, but he will have to testify about potential illegal acts committed by former President Donald Trump.
Michael Barr, the nation’s top banking regulator, said Silicon Valley Bank was warned in the fall of 2021 that its interest rate model was not ‘aligned with reality.’
He seems content to hand control over football operations and the Arlington Park stadium project to incoming president Kevin Warren. And as far as the likelihood of the Bears leaving Chicago, he says, “Change is necessary at times.”
The Bears closed on the 326-acre former Arlington International Racecourse property last month and will decide in the coming months whether to pursue building a stadium — in addition to hotels, shops and restaurants — on the property.
Michael McClain speaks in-person with Fidel Marquez: “Don’t put anything in writing.”
Video gamers are now able to venture into a storyline mode involving eight Negro League legends through the game, which was released Tuesday.
McClain speaks in-person with Dominguez and Marquez, in which they discuss the “old fashioned patronage system.”
Mechanical engineers in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University have been experimenting with 3D-printed food (“food printers”) and laser cooking of food since 2005.
Police say Audrey Hale bought weapons legally, hiding them from their parents. Hale did not target the victims but did target the school and planned the attack carefully.
Migrants at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez set fire to mattresses when they learned they would be deported. At least 40 people were killed, authorities say.
Meza, the first Latina to serve as the city’s chief attorney, told her staff another job opportunity was too great to pass up, sources say.
With an official groundbreaking Wednesday, infrastructure work will begin for the $4.3 billion Bronzeville Lakefront mixed-use project, called the largest ever in Chicago.
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Baserunning is the next hurdle for Howard to clear.
“Our downtown is half-vacant, a ghost town in the middle of the workweek. Our schools have lost a year of learning or more. Test scores have plummeted. Every public agency is facing a financial cliff,” Vallas told the City Club of Chicago.
Everything will be different this season. The expectations will be serious, as opposed to when everyone understood the Bears were in a necessary teardown. Eberflus seemed ready for that as he sat in a banquet room at the Arizona Biltmore on Tuesday.
Toews returned to the Blackhawks’ morning skate Tuesday — two months to the day since his last game — and will try to make a few appearances before the season ends April 13. But he has battled through immense pain and fatigue to get to this point.
“We’ve always got to find a way to get better,” first-year manager Pedro Grifol said.
Rodgers wants a trade to the Jets, but the two sides have yet to agree on trade compensation.
The tiny pastries are simple, luxurious two-bite pastries.
Take a look at some of the Cubs’ top pitching prospects.