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CHICAGO — A pending federal lawsuit, brought by a downstate Republican congressman and two GOP officials, could invalidate potentially tens of thousands of mailed general election ballots that are cast by Illinois voters, including military members serving overseas, and postmarked on or before this coming Election Day but received by…

The increase is meaningful in a district that has often had to do without. But vacancies are still a challenge, especially in schools with many low-income students.

CHICAGO — Chicago police have released additional details and photos of a suspect in Monday’s homicide outside Chicago’s Greyhound bus station.

Seven members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra played Friday for kids at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village.

CHICAGO — Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, predicted Friday that Chicago will move back into a medium COVID-19 risk level in the coming weeks.

The freight brokerage plans to hire 100 people, tripling the size of its Chicago workforce.

“We are not where we need to be as a city, in people getting that fall 2022 booster,” a costumed Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago kicked off Halloweek, over 100 early voting sites opened for the Nov. 8 general election, and a Kanye West mural was painted over in the West Loop in our best photos of the week.

The cast of ‘Love Is Blind’ season two have gone through manys ups and downs since cameras stopped rolling

Slonina may well be the next great U.S. GK, and he has visions of becoming the best in the world. However it pans out, the teenage, Chelsea-bound prospect remains resolute.