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
Researchers at the University of Chicago are exploring a new approach to improving crop yields and resilience by modifying proteins already found in plants, a development that could eventually have implications for agriculture far beyond the Chicago region. The research, published July 23 in Nature Genetics and detailed in a
Illinois charges a flat 4.95 percent income tax on all taxable income regardless of how much a resident earns, and Chicago does not impose an additional city income tax. That combination means Chicago residents face a lower income tax burden than their counterparts in New York City or Philadelphia, but
Chicago attracted $674 million in foreign direct investment across 26 projects in 2025, creating more than 2,000 jobs in the
Chicago Public Schools notified 162 central office and citywide employees on Friday, July 10, that their positions are being eliminated,
United Airlines has made its Twilight Bag Drop service permanent at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, allowing passengers on early-morning flights
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two home runs Wednesday night at Camden Yards, driving the Chicago Cubs to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles and becoming only the third player in franchise history to post consecutive 20-homer, 20-stolen base seasons. The 23-year-old center fielder’s 20th and 21st home runs of 2026,
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
The Illinois General Assembly has until midnight on Sunday, May 31, 2026, to pass the megaprojects economic development bill that
