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Time for Chicago to buy into public-owned grocery store concept
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (497+ words) Another seven grocery stores closed on Chicago’s South and West sides last month, leaving thousands of families wondering where they’ll buy fresh food next. More closures are another reminder that access to something as basic as groceries remains fragile, depending…...
Illinois Institute of Technology cuts 160 faculty and staff just before fall semester
1+ week, 1+ day ago (428+ words) The Illinois Institute of Technology laid off 160 faculty and staff members just weeks before students are scheduled to resume classes in August. Victor Hilitski/For the Sun-Times file The Illinois Institute of Technology has laid off approximately 160 faculty and staff…...
Gov. JB Pritzker mulling bill passed by lawmakers to make Illinois a 'right-to-die' state
9+ mon, 5+ day ago (741+ words) Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to decide whether to sign legislation allowing terminally ill people with six months or less to live to receive medication to end their lives. Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday wouldn’t commit to signing legislation narrowly…...
Tornado warning issued as storms pass through Chicago
1+ week, 5+ day ago (399+ words) A person holds their umbrella in Streeterville in June. The Chicago area was placed under tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings on Monday as storms moved across northern Illinois capable of producing 70 mph wind gusts and two-inch hail. The National Weather…...
A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1029+ words) State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (left) covers his face as Resilience Healthcare CEO Manoj Prasad explains the financial situation at West Suburban Medical Center during a news conference in April about the hospital’s closure and plans to try to reopen…...
Chicago renters’ rights are at stake in dueling City Hall proposals
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1476+ words) Tenant Becca Smith joins other protesters outside a Logan Square apartment building in January 2022 complaining about lack of heat in their building that winter. The Chicago City Council is currently weighing dueling versions of a renters protection ordinance — one from…...
Girls from across Chicago become firefighters for a day
2+ week, 2+ day ago (829+ words) Girls Inc. of Chicago camper Savannah Moore, 6, (center) participates in Chicago Fire Department’s annual Firefighter for a Day event Thursday at the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy in the South Loop.. For one day, 12-year-old Hannah Cole got to put…...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois AI regulations into law, aiming to rein in 'the tech bros"
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (668+ words) State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (far left) and state Rep. Daniel Didech hold the newly signed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Measures Act while signatory Gov. JB Pritzker (center) applauds in the Loop, Monday, July 6, 2026. The legislation establishes a framework for AI…...
Kalshi sues to block new Illinois tax on prediction markets
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (550+ words) A phone displays crypto prices on the Kalshi app. Illinois lawmakers are trying to tax prediction markets. The prediction market behemoth Kalshi filed suit this week to block a new Illinois tax on financial exchanges like theirs that state gambling…...
Barack and Michelle Obama surprise Chicago students at opening of presidential center's public library
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (603+ words) Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama read to young students on Friday at the Obama Presidential Center’s newly opened Chicago Public Library branch on the South Side. Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle…...