The 97th annual Bud Billiken Parade and Back-to-School Festival returns to Chicago’s South Side on Saturday, August 8, stepping off at 10 a.m. from 39th
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced the second round of Regional Site Readiness Program awards on August 5, directing new grant funding to communities across the state for site preparation and infrastructure improvements designed to attract manufacturing, logistics, and technology employers. The
Chicago is converting thousands of vacant city owned lots into working urban farms through a $1 per parcel land sale program, workforce development pipelines and nonprofit farm networks that now span more than 50 acres across the South and West Sides. The City of Chicago’s Food Equity Council opened a
Connor Bedard has committed to the Chicago Blackhawks through 2031 on a five-year, $75 million contract extension, and he used
Chicago Public Schools plans to lay off 760 teachers, 801 teacher aides, and 162 central office employees while imposing five
Illinois charges a flat 4.95 percent income tax on all taxable income regardless of how much a resident earns, and
The Chicago Bears activated defensive end Montez Sweat from the non-football illness list on Wednesday July 29, 2026, just one day after placing him on it at the start of training camp. Sweat is in line to practice on Thursday, and general manager Ryan Poles expressed no concern about the
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two home runs Wednesday night at Camden Yards, driving the Chicago Cubs to a 9-7 victory over
The lakefront trail maintenance team works year-round to keep Chicago’s most popular recreational path safe and smooth for millions of
The Chicago Bears are closer than ever to playing their home games outside Illinois, a prospect that would have seemed
