A Cook County Circuit Court judge agreed with Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago ...

The Chicago-area’s longest-operating horse-racing track is being sued along with state regulators for allegedly allowing dozens of horses to race despite medical diagnoses from a now-terminated track ...

The board members who were present at Wednesday’s meeting voted unanimously to allow the music fest, which scrapped suburban ...

Facing a burgeoning budget crisis, Johnson on Monday froze hiring and travel and eliminated overtime “not directly required ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump faced off in their first presidential debate Tuesday night.

The League of Women Voters is teaming up with the Gene Siskel Film Center to produce its inaugural “Democracy at Risk” film ...

Tuesday night’s presidential debate highlighted the candidates’ economic plans for taxes, tariffs, tax credits and more.

Chicago sits on an important migratory path for birds and about 400 people are registered for the festival.

Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the city’s Mexican Independence Day parade, the state’s oldest Mexican tradition ...

Organizers say the two-day El Grito Fest, which runs Saturday and Sunday, should provide a “safe and vibrant” alternative to ad hoc celebrations that previously ended in gridlock and arrests.

Breaking Bread” explores the artistic, but intangible, connection between West Town artist Thérèse Mulgrew and her mother, Wendy S. Rolfe.

The Johnson Publishing Company was the powerhouse publisher of Ebony and Jet, influential and trendsetting magazines that offered narratives, products and depictions of Black folks that spoke to Black ...