District officials said launching the programs was in line with its long term goal of ensuring students become “bilterate.” ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson promised to "challenge the ultra-rich" and corporations to shoulder the burden, and his 2026 spending ...

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Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

On a warm evening last spring, Bo Deal got word that a teenager had been shot at a street corner in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. He raced to the scene and quickly pieced together from eyewitnesses ...

For three months, Morgan Kobitka has been the Portage Police Department’s first social worker. Police Chief Michael Candiano is already convinced the experiment is a success.

There are more than 153,000 federal employees in Illinois. Federal workers already experienced massive upheaval after federal ...

A shocking yet hilarious video from downtown Chicago has gone viral, showing nearly 10 heavily armed ICE agents chasing a food delivery worker — and failing miserably. The worker, who had a bicycle, ...

The Chicago Teachers Union posted a social media memorial tribute to Assata Shakur, a convicted cop killer who fled to Cuba and was wanted as a terrorist. It drew sharp condemnation from Chicago ...

SALISBURY, Md. – A social worker employed by James M. Bennett High School has been charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography, WMDT learned on Monday. Public case records indicate that 47 ...