Some diversity and construction industry advocates say a recent change by the U.S. Department of Transportation to a federal program could hurt smaller companies owned by minorities and women and possibly drive some in Chicago out of business.In October, the federal agency said businesses under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program must be ...

Two years ago, the brand awareness of AIPAC mostly swirled among political insiders. Today, AIPAC is an increasingly radioactive word and political liability.The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a powerful bipartisan, unapologetic pro-Israel lobby. The genocide in Gaza awakened the general public to the outsized influence AIPAC exerts on members ...

This weeks top photo comes from Assistant Photo Editor Pat Nabong. Follow her on Instagram.What makes this photo important?While many people were tuned into the elections on Tuesday, dozens of Chicago Fire Department firefighters, EMTs and other personnel were saluting the ambulance carrying firefighter Michael Altman's body to the Cook County Medical ...

Madison Street on the city's West Side has been rocked by some serious body blows over the last 60 or so years and it shows: the unhealed scars left by the civil unrest that followed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, nearly three generations of disinvestment and scores of vacant commercial buildings.Yet the street goes on. Down, perhaps. ...

Three Opinion writers on Iran, the SAVE America Act and the presidents folly.

Whatever short-term gain the president thinks he is getting by lying about the war in Iran is far exceeded by the cost, for him, the country and the world.

Those without tickets arrived at the venue before the sun rose on Saturday to stake out areas that offered unobstructed views of the stage.

Tarik Skubal has won back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards and will make $32 million this season after winning his salary arbitration hearing. Detroit’s ace left-hander could next set more contract records for a pitcher in free agency.

OnPar Now’s golf simulators fill up every other Friday during the winter with women of various skill levels. Some have steady swings, others swing and miss. The score isn’t the point for this virtual golf league built on real-world connection.

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A man was shot inside his vehicle in River North late Friday night, Chicago police said.

A man was stabbed during an argument on a CTA Blue Line platform on the city's Northwest Side early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Meghan Markle is in a jam as Netflix insiders continue to fume over her relationship with the company.

Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward.

Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing Xander Harris on the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died at 54, his family announced Friday. We are heartbroken to share the passing of our brother and son, Nicholas Brendon, the family said in a Facebook post. He passed in his sleep of natural causes. Brendon rose to fame ...

Until 2023, Middleton mayors (including myself) had an office at the city hall, and were available to citizens to listen to their concerns.

Perry Hibner's upcoming book highlights a TV series that was based off a James Michener novel.

Incumbent Alder Tom Vos will face a challenger for the City of Burlington's District 3.

The development on Madisons East Side replaces a deteriorated parking lot with two buildings containing 553 total units, enclosed parking, a pool and other amenities.

Parkside Manor Assisted Living & Memory Care, 6300 67th St. is providing their residents and the community a chance to have a paw-some time at a free event March 23 that also helps a rescue center from Racine.

The more than $50 million from super PACs, dark money and special interest groups that poured into this week's primary races across the Chicago area proved to be a significant motivator for young people to vote.Finding out who was funding which campaigns was among the first topics Alan Cervantes, 24, researched when deciding for whom he would cast his ...

The frustration Cook County homeowners feel about rising property taxes came out loud and clear in Tuesdays race for county assessor losing incumbent Fritz Kaegi performed the poorest in areas of the county hardest hit by rising property taxes, helping pave the way for Lyons Township Assessor Pat Hynes surprising victory.Last year, Chicago's median ...

To find goofier, happier humans having more fun youd probably need to go watch kids at an open fire hydrant in August.And thats the whole point for the Chicago Snowballs the citys newest co-ed baseball team that will offer up a brand of ball made popular by the Savannah Bananas baseball team in recent years. Think baseballs version of the Harlem ...

Opening Day is set for Thursday across Major League Baseball, and TribLive writers Kevin Gorman and Justin Guerriero and columnists Tim Benz and Joe Starkey have thoughts on how the season will shake out. Here’s a look:

Astronomical spring began yesterday, but the actual change of season is more gradual, a halting and nonlinear progression.