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Midway Blitz: 85% of Chicago Detainees Had No Earlier Conviction, ICE Data Shows: REPORT

ICE records show 85% of the 3,841 people detained in Chicago's Midway Blitz had no earlier conviction. Here's what the data does and doesn't prove.

Latin Times · Sep 23

Uptown's Shuttered Weiss Memorial Hospital Loses Its State License, Leaving Neighbors to Rely on Other North Side ERs

Illinois says the closed Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown has lost its license. Where can Uptown residents go now for emergency and hospital care?

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Latino Retailers Are Following Their Customers Out of the City and Into the Suburbs

Latino population growth is outpacing Chicago and Houston's historic barrios, and Hispanic-owned retailers are following their customers into the suburbs.

Latin Times · Sep 4

What you need to know about bird flu Art Institute of Chicago

Plus: Federal transit fund troubles, a historic Art Institute exhibit and more

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 5, 2025

Conoce a Aaron ‘Jitu’ Brown, candidato a la Junta de Educación de Chicago del quinto distrito

El Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ y Chalkbeat le hicieron a cada candidato a la primera junta de educación electa de Chicago una serie de preguntas sobre sus antecedentes y prioridades. Esto es lo que respondieron.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2024

For Chicago's new migrants, informal support groups help ease the pain and trauma.

Thousands of new migrants arriving in Chicago fled difficult situations or endured dangerous journeys. Informal support groups can provide some mental health care to ease their trauma and distress.

WEKU · Jan 31, 2024

For winter surfers on Lake Michigan, bad weather is almost always good

“I don’t think of it as treacherous,” one surfer says of battling frigid waves, frostbite and occasional toxic spills. “I think of it as an adventure.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 13, 2024

UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

The officer continued to work for the state university despite acknowledging he signed up years ago with the anti-government Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Illinois lawmakers quietly scaled back a popular tax credit; now a former governor wants it back

More than 11 million Illinois taxpayers who claim the standard exemption each year will not see an inflation-indexed bump for the 2023 tax year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

CPS reports thousands of computers missing — but rarely uses $3 million tracking system to find them

Some devices ultimately turned up but CPS’ inspector general blames the mess on a flawed system for recouping devices and tracking them.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024