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Chicago State University’s president is on a mission to get more Black Chicagoans college degrees

Despite horror stories and deaths, will Illinois keep expensive prison health care company?

Skateboarders shred in Chicago’s Grant Park on Go Skate Day

Highland Park remembers the victims of last year’s 4th of July parade shooting

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering reflects on leading her community through tragedy

Sunday’s rain couldn’t spoil Chicago’s NASCAR parade

What is NASCAR like as an attendee?

Highland Park after the mass shooting: A new film highlights the resilience of its residents

Former Ebony magazine food editor Charla Draper on preserving Black culinary traditions

Abortion bans fuel a rise in high-risk patients heading to Chicago hospitals

Northwestern Professor calls affirmative action ruling ‘end of an era’

Cook County evictions reached a four-year high in May

Things are still bumpy for Illinois’ recreational cannabis industry

Downtown Chicago prepares for NASCAR

Hazardous lead paint remains in Chicago schools

Catholic abortion doulas fight for reproductive rights

Madigan-connected lobbyists retain their clients

Ibram X. Kendi to headline Right to Read Rally in Chicago

Chicago migrants rental help program overwhelmed

Are guaranteed income programs in Chicago working?