2+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) August 26, 2026 / 2:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections. The suit…...

1+ year, 1+ day ago   (386+ words) September 12, 2025 / 10:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Demonstrators faced off with federal agents in military gear outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday, at times clashing during a 12-hour protest of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1713+ words) August 3, 2026 / 6:00 AM CDT / CBS Chicago "When is Chicago getting our Mamdani?" Variations of this question have been shared online by Chicagoans ever since the democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected New York's mayor last November. "Mamdanistan." "Mamdanize." "The Mamdani Effect....

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (464+ words) Updated on: November 17, 2025 / 11:22 AM CST / CBS Chicago The Texas National Guard is leaving Illinois after being activated and sent, but never deployed. A National Guard defense official from the U.S. Northern Command confirmed Sunday that all 200 Texas National Guard members now…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (505+ words) June 16, 2026 / 11:42 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed Illinois' $56 billion budget for the upcoming 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1. It's the largest budget in state history. The spending plan does not increase state income taxes or sales…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) Updated on: June 11, 2026 / 1:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Illinois) on Thursday issued a letter asking the federal government to extend funding previously secured for a new Amtrak route between Chicago and…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (74+ words) The Social Security Fund, responsible for monthly payments to retirees and their dependents, may be at risk of shriveling up. More than 62 million Americans receive benefits from the Old-Age & Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, but a new government analysis says in…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (27+ words) Winston Batino faces charges of wire fraud and filing a false federal income tax return. Chicago area minister charged with defrauding church members out of $2 million...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (40+ words) President Trump signed a bill into law to fund the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies on Wednesday, bringing an end to a monthslong feud that exposed deep divisions on Capitol Hill. Trump signs $70 billion immigration funding bill...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (28+ words) Republican lawmakers grilled the Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Dr. Macquline King on Wednesday. Lauren Victory reports. CPS CEO in hot seat before U.S. congressional committee...