An alternative budget proposal without a head tax is moving forward, as the stalemate continues at City Hall. Members of the City Council got creative in how they made up for the revenue lost by taking out the head tax and replacing it with plans to add restaurant video gaming and sell new ads on light poles and other infrastructure. After four hours ...

Adam Rippon was widely considered one of Team USAs most inspiring Winter Olympians. Now he gets to introduce audiences to the next generation of Olympic and Paralympic stars leading up to the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games. Rippon was announced Tuesday as the host of NBCs multiplatform podcast My New Favorite Olympian, which highlights Team USA ...

The Chicago Bears are set to play the Green Bay Packers in a rematch of their Week 14 game, and there is a ton on the line at Soldier Field. The two teams are neck and neck in the NFC North race, and both teams have a chance of clinching a playoff berth if they capture the contest on Saturday. Heres what you need to know. What time is the Bears vs. ...

The Illinois High School Association announced this week that its football playoffs will expand in 2026, with 128 new teams taking part in the postseason. According to a press release, the field for the playoffs will expand from 256 to 384 teams for 2026, bringing in a slew of new teams in each of the eight divisions of the football postseason. “Too ...

Traffic is a big problem for many commuters trying to get around downtown Chicago who often face gridlock during rush hour. A nightmare, an absolute nightmare, said David Liedman, who commutes into the city from the northern suburbs. It’s horrible. I’m tired. This traffic is a mess, said Jasira, a commuter who travels within the city. “Awful, ...

 The Chicago Cubs retained a key reliever on Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year contract with Caleb Thielbar. A person familiar with the deal confirmed the agreement to the AP on condition of anonymity because it was pending a physical. Thielbar, who turns 39 in January, went 3-4 with a 2.64 ERA in 67 appearances in his first season with Chicago. He ...

The Chicago Bears didnt practice Tuesday, but their estimated injury report included updates on wide receivers Rome Odunze and Luther Burden. Odunze, who has missed the Bears last two games with a foot injury, would not have practiced with the team Tuesday as he continues his recovery from that ailment. The second-year wide receiver missed the teams ...

The new year is rapidly approaching, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026? Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the states minimum wage had increased by $1 per year from 2020 through 2025, culminating with the current wage of $15 per hour, which went into effect on January 1 of this year. While the states minimum ...

History was hammered into copper one last time, as Americas final circulating pennies shattered auction records. Stacks Bowers Galleries, a California auction house, announced that the 232 sets of three coins that were sold on behalf of the United States Mint garnered $16.76 million. Each set featured a 2025 penny from the Philadelphia Mint, a 2025-D ...

Tuesday morning residents in the Little Village community woke up to whistles and horns honking as Border Patrol officers, including Commander Gregory Bovino, returned to the city. The noise was aimed at signaling an immigration enforcement operating near 26th and Ridgeway Avenue. Video shows residents throwing trash at unmarked federal vehicles, and ...

After years of fiscal cliffs and doomsday scenarios, Chicago transit now has a financial lifeline from Springfield. On Tuesday at Union Station, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a sweeping transit bill designed to modernize public transportation throughout the state, but especially in the Chicago area. This is a once in a lifetime investment that ...

What to KnowNick Reiner, 32, was arrested Monday in the killings of his parents, director Rob Reiner and wife Michele.The couple was found dead Sunday inside their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood area. Nick Reiner remained in jail without bail and was expected to make an initial court appearance some time this week.Rob Reiner was a celebrated director ...

Defense attorney Alan Jackson, who will represent Nick Reiner following his arrest on suspicion of murder in the killings of his parents, said it is unlikely his client will make his first court appearance Tuesday. The famed defense attorney confirmed Tuesday that he has been retained as the 32-year-old Reiner’s defense counsel and spoke with reporters ...

A doctor who worked at a busy suburban hospital has been charged with sexual assault and explotation of a 16-year-old, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced Tuesday in a press release. Trevor J. Roston, 33, of Chicago, unlawfully restrainined a 16-year-old with an intellectual disability on Nov. 29, the State’s Sttorney alleges. The ...

Yelp released a new list of the top 100 ramen shops in the U.S. for 2025 and six Chicago-area spots made the cut — with both the city and suburbs represented on the list. The popular restaurant review site said the “all-time” list came as the ramen restaurant business continues to grow, with some of the top spots coming from big cities to small ...

A woman was found dead following a disturbance near a popular northwest suburban town square early Tuesday morning, sparking a heavy police presence and investigation in the area. Schaumburg police said officers were called just before 5:30 a.m. for an “unknown disturbance” in the 100 block of South Roselle Road, near the town square center, which ...

What to KnowA shooter dressed in black killed two people and wounded nine others in a classroom at Brown University on Saturday during final exams.A person of interest who was taken into custody on Sunday morning was released later that night after authorities determined the evidence pointed “in a different direction.Police released new surveillance ...

Thousands of cases of popular salad dressings have been recalled, according an enforcement report from the Food and Drug Administration, due to “foreign objects” found inside some of the ingredients. The recall, from California-based Ventura Foods, was first initiated Nov. 11, the report said, with the FDA on Dec. 4 identifying the recall as a ...

The Powerball jackpot is still up for grabs after no ticket matched the six winning numbers in Monday’s drawing, with the grand prize total topping $1 billion. According to Powerball.com, the winning numbers in Monday night’s drawing were 23, 35, 59, 63 and 68, with a Powerball of 2. No one hit the jackpot or scored a Powerplay, Powerball showed, ...

Two people were hurt including a firefighter after a multi-story apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood caught fire early Tuesday morning, with fire trucks blocking streets as crews worked to battle the blaze. Photos and video from the scene, at 4909 N. Glenwood Ave., showed heavy flames pouring out of the building’s windows as fire ...

Following the mass shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others injured, students left the campus in droves, including a Chicagoan who is thankful to be back with family – but left recounting a life-changing tragedy. Freshman Amelie Devine recalled what she felt on Saturday afternoon, when she was just two blocks away from ...

City leaders in Highland Park have skeptically left the door open for what Mayor Nancy Rotering likened to a Graceland-type tourist attraction at Michael Jordan’s former mansion. Real estate developer John Cooper bought the property at 2700 Point Lane last year for $9.5 million. On Monday, during a Committee of the Whole meeting, he presented his ...

Sheriff’s deputies in northwest Indiana are urging drivers to be alert after bottles containing liquids were thrown at several vehicles along a highway. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office said between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, seven vehicles were hit by “bottles containing various liquid substances” along U.S. 421. Drivers told ...

Mike White, who had a successful career as a college coach with California and Illinois and later coached the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, has died. He was 89. Cal said White’s family confirmed that he died Sunday in Newport Beach. White helped the Golden Bears win a share of the Pac-8 title in 1975, led the Illini to their first Rose Bowl in 20 years ...

A new Illinois law taking effect on January 1 will require employers to provide paid breaks for nursing mothers to pump breast milk. Under the provisions of Senate Bill 0212, employers must provide paid break time to mothers so that they may express or pump breast milk for their children. The bill requires employers to provide up to 30 minutes of paid ...