Pope Leo's hometown in Illinois, just outside Chicago, bought his childhood home in the village of Dolton. It sold for ...

Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to ...

After almost a decade, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza will not seek another term as the state’s chief financial ...

Rahm Emanuel’s stint as ambassador to Japan followed his two terms as Chicago’s mayor, which followed his 20 months as Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff. But before he formally ...

Some of their big-name backers are voting members of the Cook County Democratic Party — the same body meeting today and Friday to decide which candidate gets officially slated for Senate in 2026. The ...

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through data, community investment, and strategic prevention—not just ...

Immigrant rights advocates say Rapid Response teams are becoming essential to community safety as Trump’s raids increase ...

From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...

Unfortunately, local mayoral races are starting to take on features more typically associated with campaigns for federal ...

Chicago commemorates the 1995 Heat Wave victims and honors WWII hero Emilio Aguirre with initiatives for future heat ...