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West Side Kids, Some Who Just Learned To Swim, Take On Chicago Triathlon
3+ week, 1+ day ago (470+ words) NEAR WEST SIDE — A group of West Side students are getting ready to run their first triathlon this weekend, with many in the group learning to swim in the process after growing up with limited access to pools and swimming…...
Illinois Promised To Protect Immigrants. Local Officials Helped Deport Them Anyway
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1685+ words) CHICAGO — Minutes after Riverton police officer Brad Herzog ran 31-year-old Daniel Torrez Perez’s name through a law enforcement database one night in April 2025, his phone rang. It was the FBI. “Every bell and whistle went off,” said Jack Griffin, the…...
Will Supreme Court’s Order On Mail-In Ballots Impact Voting In Illinois?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (849+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois election officials said Tuesday they are conferring with Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office to determine how Illinois could be affected by a U.S. Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to proceed, at least for now, with implementing…...
Chicago's TIF Program Helped Downtown — But Not Poorer Neighborhoods, New Study Shows
2+ week, 3+ day ago (852+ words) The money can be used for the construction of parks, schools and infrastructure, as well as incentives for private commercial and residential development. As the theory goes, projects funded by TIF cause the value of the surrounding properties to rise,…...