How will Donald Trump’s plans for education affect Chicago Public Schools?
President-Elect Donald Trump’s plans to reshape education in America, including eliminating the Department of education and ...
Art Institute names tech billionaire, Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky as board chairman
The Art Institute has named Chicago tech billionaire and Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky as its new board chairman, putting the serial entrepreneur in charge of overseeing the museum, the school and ...
With CPD a possible target for personnel cuts in budget plan, consent-decree monitor raises alarm
The independent monitor assessing the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree issued a dire warning Tuesday as proposed budget cuts once again loom over the Chicago Police Department’s ...
Editorial: What Chicago has lost with the demise of the Pitchfork music festival
The end of the Pitchfork music fest is more than a dollars-and-cents loss for Chicago. It strikes at our identity.
Glamorous Dem lawmaker 'crashed car while drunk, then mocked cop's penis size'
An Illinois Democratic lawmaker, 45-year-old Samantha Steele, mocked a cop's penis size after she was put in handcuffs for ...
Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
On Nov. 23, the Chicago History Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till.” ...
George Cardenas: We need to be honest with taxpayers about what’s driving their property taxes so high
Chicago taxpayers may experience more significant tax burdens than is being communicated through press releases.