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I understand that the mayor’s idea here is to make every neighborhood school great, but that will take years, and that school still might not meet your child’s needs, a parent from the South Side writes.

What we need is a Michigan Avenue-style boulevard along the lakefront, a member of Better Streets Chicago writes.

Mitch Dudek, who succeeded award-winning obituary writer Maureen O’Donnell, is often amazed at how people open up to talk about their loved ones.

Chicago hospitals were admitting about 30 COVID-19 patients per day as of Christmas Eve, a 13% rise from the previous week.

Featuring a hand unleashing a butterfly and several faces from “another realm,” the piece was created by the Los Angeles artist Ladie One over the summer for a murals fest.

The 2023 NASCAR Cup season had plenty of firsts and perhaps none was bigger than the series’ inaugural street course race, held around historic Grant Park in downtown Chicago. While the weekend faced numerous weather challenges, the racing proved superb and with a surprise winner. Making his first ever start,…

Big city mayors are urging the Biden administration to address the local migrant crisis caused by Governor Abbott. Chaos, crime, and stress are impacting c...

One day in July, there was a more than 20 degree difference between city’s North Side and Southwest Side

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning was commissioned to find ways to find solve the budget gap and released the Plan of Action for Regional Transit, a step in the right direction.