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Oct 13, 2025
Joel Mokyr was lauded by the Nobel committee Monday for demonstrating how innovations become a "self-generating process."
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Oct 13, 2025
Lyons Township High School District 204 is selling land along North Willow Springs Road that has long been a source of controversy.
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Oct 13, 2025
Affordable Care Act health insurance plan open enrollment nears as uncertainty abounds about government healthcare subsidies.
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Oct 13, 2025
The CTA defended its commitment to safety in a letter to federal transportation officials sent after President Donald Trump's transportation department threatened to withhold funding.
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Oct 13, 2025
Target's pilot run brings a new level of mainstream visibility to the low-dose cannabis market.
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Oct 13, 2025
In Orland Park, Pasqua and his wife paid $550,000 in 2011 for the Orland Park house, which is in the Swallow Ridge neighborhood.
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Oct 13, 2025
If the fare hikes of 25 cents per ride are approved by the agency's board, it will be the first time the CTA has raised ticket prices since 2018.
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Oct 13, 2025
Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world's most economically disadvantaged areas.
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Oct 13, 2025
Perhaps the most significant item on legislators' veto session to-do list is whether to implement changes and secure funding to keep buses and trains around Chicago running on time.
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Oct 12, 2025
China signaled on Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump and urged the United States to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.
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Oct 12, 2025
Technology has changed how we live, work and interact with each other, which has even trickled down to the manner in which condominium associations operate.
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Oct 11, 2025
A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiling markets and raising alarms of what might come next.
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Oct 11, 2025
Federal immigration officials targeted a parking lot near O'Hare International Airport where rideshare drivers wait between trips on Friday. 18 people were arrested.
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Oct 11, 2025
Federal immigration officials targeted a parking lot near O'Hare International Airport where rideshare drivers wait between trips on Friday. 18 people were arrested.
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Oct 10, 2025
AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs.
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Oct 10, 2025
The city of Aurora has reached a legal agreement with CyrusOne aimed at addressing citations the city issued against the data center earlier this year.
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Oct 10, 2025
The warehouse is one block east of the existing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 S. Beach St.
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Oct 10, 2025
Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare increases.
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Oct 10, 2025
Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare increases.
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Oct 10, 2025
Tim Smithe alleges he was squeezed out of the family-owned business nearly a decade ago in an undervalued buyout.
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Oct 10, 2025
The study focuses on what pollutants Northwest Indiana's steel mills release, the health costs, and the impact on the community.
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Oct 10, 2025
The Chicago Marathon's 26.2-mile course is flat, fast and ready to welcome more than 53,000 runners this Sunday.
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Oct 10, 2025
Residents are coping with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest after recent store closings.
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Oct 09, 2025
By marketing the site on behalf of the school district, the village can make sure developers meet qualifications that match its long-term comprehensive plan.
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Oct 09, 2025
The new 45,000-square-foot Health Sciences Building at Elmhurst University opened Oct. 3 amid ribbon-cutting pomp. The state-of-the-art facility now houses the Departments of Nursing, Public Health, Occupational Therapy, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. The $30 million building was financed through existing funds from philanthropic gifts, grants and reserve funds, officials said. "The institution needed it, […]
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Oct 09, 2025
The South Holland senior care facility, formerly called the Holland Home, was purchased by a California company and will reopen.
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Oct 09, 2025
If American chickens and turkeys are vaccinated, other countries may not buy them.
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Oct 09, 2025
The couple purchased the penthouse last year for $7.7 million.
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Oct 09, 2025
Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump has authorized the building purchases for ICE and said the agency was hardening its existing facilities because of threats of violence.
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Oct 09, 2025
The new potential water source to which Donald Trump Jr. handed the St. John Town Council the rights in July — and the gargantuan subdivision that was tied to it through its eventual annexation — has dried up, at least for now.
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Oct 09, 2025
Federal auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla's so-called full-self driving technology.
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Oct 09, 2025
Before the arrival of sprawling suburban malls featuring amusement park rides and stores peddling anything from jeans to jelly beans, there was Hudson's in downtown Detroit.
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Oct 09, 2025
Bernard Ford was a longtime transit executive who led the Chicago Transit Authority as its executive director from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1989 until 1990.
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Oct 09, 2025
This three-bedroom, 3½-bath home has 11-foot ceilings and a foyer with herringbone hardwood floors.
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Oct 08, 2025
Experts, as well as union leaders representing air traffic controllers and security screeners, warn that the impact could grow significantly worse if the government shutdown continues and employees start to miss paychecks.
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Oct 08, 2025
The City Council wants more info on traffic management plans for the Dutch Bros drive-thru coffee shop proposed for Naperville.
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Oct 08, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun has appointed businessman Tom Collins Jr. as the new chairman of the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority, replacing former congressman Peter Visclosky who resigned in July.
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Oct 08, 2025
President Donald Trump could soon move to cancel more than $1 billion in federal grants for General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV and $800 million total in Michigan.
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Oct 08, 2025
Advocates for the Red Line Extension, discussed for 50 years, describe it as an overdue promise to the people of the city's Far South Side.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tinley Park Community Development Director Michael Coleman said changes will protect existing businesses and lease holders.
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Oct 08, 2025
The hospital will now be called Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, after Ken Griffin's mother.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tonika Lewis Johnson's artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She's one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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Oct 08, 2025
The Crown Point City Council approved an annexation that will be part of expansion of a developing business park off of Interstate 65.
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Oct 08, 2025
After a five-year property tax freeze, Evanston's city manager says it must raise property taxes to balance the budget.
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Oct 08, 2025
Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day.
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Oct 08, 2025
The agency is asking riders to weigh in on whether they'd like to see the concept become a permanent part of their commute.
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Oct 07, 2025
The O'Hare ground delay was slated to last from 6 p.m. to 10:59 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Oct 07, 2025
Democrats are seeking negotiations on expiring health care subsidies while Republicans say they won't discuss it, or any other policy, until the government reopens.
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Oct 07, 2025
Two Illinois Commerce Commission administrative law judges issued a recommendation Monday to slash a proposed $314 million Nicor Gas rate increase.
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Oct 07, 2025
Two Illinois Commerce Commission administrative law judges issued a recommendation Monday to slash a proposed $314 million Nicor Gas rate increase.
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Oct 07, 2025
La Grange Park's Fire Department is beginning a recruitment drive in an effort to hire six new paid-on-call firefighters.
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Oct 07, 2025
Since President Trump reversed a tariff policy in August known as de minimis, online shoppers are sometimes getting hit with unexpected, extra charges.
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Oct 07, 2025
Soybean farmers are in dire straits this year as China refuses to buy U.S. soy in retaliation for President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Oct 07, 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the government shutdown is putting more stress on air traffic controllers who already have an extremely stressful job.
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Oct 07, 2025
Toyota is recalling nearly 400,000 vehicles because the rearview camera may not display when backing up, increasing the risk of a crash, federal traffic safety regulators said.
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Oct 07, 2025
Markets hung quietly around record levels early Tuesday as announcements related to artificial intelligence continued to propel companies' shares higher.
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Oct 07, 2025
This home has specialized millwork, built-ins, customized windows, a gated entrance and five acres of woodlands.
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Oct 07, 2025
UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital was named as the second best in the state, and Advocate Children's Hospital was ranked third.
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Oct 06, 2025
The Mauser workers have been striking for improved working conditions and contract language that would protect them from workplace immigration raids.
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Oct 06, 2025
Walgreens plans to exit its space at Chicago's Old Post Office, though it will keep its headquarters in Deerfield, the company confirmed Monday.
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Oct 06, 2025
Paramount said it has bought news and commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.
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Oct 06, 2025
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital offers transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat depression not helped by medications.
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Oct 06, 2025
CHSN struck a deal with Comcast in June and now has full pay-TV distribution in Chicago.
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Oct 05, 2025
Midnight Terror haunted house in Oak Lawn has updated its storyline with classic themes, owner Justin Cerniuk says.
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Oct 04, 2025
Nearly two months after first breaking ground for a new global international terminal, construction is preliminary at O'Hare.
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Oct 04, 2025
President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.
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Oct 03, 2025
October is turning out to be a busy month for new restaurants opening in Naperville. Among them is a new Great American Bagel store.
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Oct 03, 2025
Significant service cuts are still expected on the CTA beginning in the middle of next year if state lawmakers don't green-light additional funding.
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Oct 03, 2025
The property Lefkofsky purchased adjoins one he already owns.
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Oct 03, 2025
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, and Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun were among the keynote speakers at the grand opening and formal unveiling on Thursday of the expanded Daifuku Intralogistics America Corp. manufacturing and office facility located in NorthWind Crossings Business Park in Hobart.
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Oct 03, 2025
Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents after coming under pressure from the Trump administration.
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Oct 03, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it requested sweeping restrictions on drone usage within the Chicago area because of a "credible threat."
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Oct 03, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it requested sweeping restrictions on drone usage within the Chicago area because of a "credible threat."
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Oct 03, 2025
Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.
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Oct 03, 2025
Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.
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Oct 03, 2025
Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.
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Oct 03, 2025
The Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
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Oct 03, 2025
Michigan City officials are trying to change their town's image from that of an industrial town to a tourist destination, and a new home for Chicago commuters.
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Oct 03, 2025
The CTA and Metra have been awarded federal counterterrorism grants that could require them to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
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Oct 02, 2025
For now, financial markets are shrugging off the impasse as just the latest failure of Republicans and Democrats to agree on a budget.
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Oct 02, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun helped Gary Mayor Eddie Melton and other regional officials break ground on the city's new $60 million FedEx Distribution Center.
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Oct 02, 2025
An ice rink is coming to Naperville's Block 59 dining and entertainment complex this holiday season and will be open from Nov. 20 to Jan. 18.
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Oct 02, 2025
Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.
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Oct 02, 2025
Here's what to know about the government shutdown and its potential impacts on your travel plans.
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Oct 02, 2025
This two-bedroom home has two full bathrooms, Turkish wool carpet, three private outdoor spaces and attached heated garage parking.
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Oct 02, 2025
Medicare's open enrollment period starts October 15. Making the correct choices when you initially sign up for Medicare — and every year when you must review your drug coverage — could save you a fortune. Or cost you a fortune, if you make a mistake. Beware!
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Oct 01, 2025
Q: I recently purchased a 2026 Kia K5. The dealer mounted the from plate through a bracket and then drove the screw directly into the front bumper, creating two screw holes in the bumper itself. As soon as I realized this, (about two days after purchasing the car) I went back to the dealer to ask them about it. They insisted that it was standard practice to do so. I asked why didn't they use a shorter screw with a nut to securely fasten the plate? Your thoughts please?
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Oct 01, 2025
"Babies are dying simply because mothers don't have the information and the support that they need."
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Oct 01, 2025
By WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites representing the nation's core identity — from the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii — were temporarily closed. The Trump administration enlisted […]
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Oct 01, 2025
Dial-up is now no longer advertised on AOL's website. As of Wednesday, former company help pages like "connect to the internet with AOL Dialer" appeared unavailable — and nostalgic social media users took to the internet to say their final goodbyes.
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Oct 01, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive stuff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it can carry out its founding mission of protecting America's health and environment with little more than skeletal staff and funding.
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Oct 01, 2025
Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown.
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Oct 01, 2025
Wall Street was veering toward losses before the opening bell Wednesday as a U.S. government shutdown went into effect just after midnight.
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Oct 01, 2025
While there was no Taylor Swift concert or Democratic National Convention this summer, Chicago had a number of high-profile events that drew record visitors to the city.
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Oct 01, 2025
Chicago may be a "hellhole" according to Donald Trump, but the city proved a pretty attractive destination for visitors over the summer, generating records for hotel occupancy and revenue.
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Oct 01, 2025
Beginning Wednesday, United Airlines will operate out of five additional gates at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. American Airlines will lose four. The shift in gates is the result of a "use it or lose it" provision in a lease agreement the airlines signed with the city in 2018. Under the agreement, gates at the airport […]
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Oct 01, 2025
Advocate said it installed the two machines after hearing that patients in "pharmacy deserts" are having trouble getting medications.
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Oct 01, 2025
Advocate said it installed the two machines after hearing that patients in "pharmacy deserts" are having trouble getting medications.
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Sep 30, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker and others presided on Tuesday over the groundbreaking ceremony.
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Sep 30, 2025
Economists, farmers and agriculture business owners from across the Midwest gathered to discuss the impact of the Trump administration's changing trade policies.
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