Longtime Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faces off Tuesday in the Democratic primary against veteran Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly.Shes running for a fifth, four-year term.The campaign trail has been intense, with both candidates trying to woo voters through attack ads and heated debates.Reilly has repeatedly criticized Preckwinkle about a ...

Three state lawmakers and a county treasurer are seeking the Illinois comptrollers seat Tuesday in the Democratic primary.State Reps. Margaret Croke and Stephanie Kifowit, state Sen. Karina Villa, and Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim are vying to replace Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who announced last year she would not seek re-election.Mendoza has served as ...

Nilo Cruz, a Cuban-American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2003 for Anna in the Tropics, wrote a work with many similarities before that play. Two Sisters and a Piano, now receiving a semi-fulfilling production at Writers Theatre in suburban Glencoe, first premiered in the late 1990s, and its thematic and lyrical richness helped build ...

Voters going to the polls Tuesday will cast ballots in dozens of Illinois State Senate and Representative races, including several hotly contested races in Chicago districts.The outcome isnt expected to lead to a shift in the power balance in Springfield, but two state senate races to watch feature long-time incumbents facing challenges. In local races to ...

Composer Jocelyn Hagen looked at her career in the early part of the 2010s, and realized that she was getting short pieces programmed here and there, but nothing larger. I decided then that I needed to start writing larger works, she said, because we need more works by women that can take up that space.Larger commissions were out there, but elusive: Men ...

Illinois representation in Washington will look vastly different this time next year and for many years to come all based on what voters decide today.The states most pivotal primary election in a generation comes to a head Tuesday after a lengthy, intense campaign season pitting some of Illinois most powerful politicians against each other.A third of the ...

Incumbent Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi finds himself in an interesting position as he tries for a third term.His opponent in the Democratic primary is Pat Hynes, the first-term Lyons Township Assessor. Hynes also spent 23 years as a field inspector at the Cook County assessors office, including three years under Kaegi and eight under embattled former ...

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SURPRISE, Ariz. Right-hander Erick Fedde knew he wanted to return to the White Sox, the one organization with which he has -experienced success over his eight-year big-league career.Fedde, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract, already is on the teams 40-man roster and battling for a spot in the rotation. Fedde allowed three runs on seven hits while ...

It has been easy to nitpick the Bulls front office the last few seasons, particularly when some of its worst work has come in March.Last year at this time, the Bulls were in the midst of a 15-5 finish, including a half-court prayer shot by guard Josh Giddey to beat the Lakers at the United Center. All that did was give the front office false confidence in ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. No news wasnt necessarily good news Monday in the case of Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzukis right knee, which he injured Saturday night in Japans loss to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.Suzuki, who walked off the field in Miami with a minor limp after sliding headfirst while unsuccessfully trying to steal second base, was still ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. Back at Camelback Ranch after the World Baseball Classic, White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami sat at his locker preparing to get some work in.As Murakami got dressed, his Sox teammates were blasting songs on the large speaker in the clubhouse. White Sox right-hander Sean Burke controlled the music and was taking requests from teammates. He ...

Snow and ice covered Carmen Laudes wheelchair. A mattress, turned upright, served as the front door of her tent in Legion Park, which straddles a mile of the Chicago River on the Northwest Side.Inside the tent, Laude, 72, cooked soup over a propane-powered stove. The pot was big enough to feed everyone who is hungry, she said, motioning to the rest of the ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. Shota Imanaga wasnt trusted for more than 2 2/3 innings in the National League Division Series last fall. Jameson Taillon is having a bad spring. Matthew Boyds start against Class A minor-leaguers Sunday didnt exactly result in a line score suggesting Opening Day-ready.No one will be shocked if all five members of the Cubs rotation Boyd, ...

It didnt sound like the Bulls were simply doing their due diligence.The Jaden Ivey talk from coach Billy Donovan on Monday sounded more like an investment in the guards future.Earlier in the day, the team announced that Ivey was making progress in his knee-strengthening program and would be re-evaluated in a week. The intent remained to do whatever they ...

The price of an annual Divvy bike-share membership for new or returning riders will remain $99, the city announced Monday.The discount, a break from the normal price of $143 for current members, comes as the city plans to expand the number of Divvy stations by 200 in 2026.Divvy, Chicagos bike and scooter share system operated by Lyft, saw its highest annual ...

Although Jeff Blashill was obviously displeased with the Blackhawks' overall performance Saturday in a 4-0 loss to the Golden Knights, the coach was pleased with one player: Artyom Levshunov."I think Arty played probably his best game of the year, certainly from the defensive and physicality side," Blashill said Monday, noting Levshunov's best offensive ...

Ernie Uribe ha pasado las ltimas semanas cargando latas de sopa y limpiando el piso de la despensa de alimentos en la First Presbyterian Church of Chicagoen el vecindario de Woodlawn en el lado sur.Uribe, de 60 aos, est tratando de cumplir con las nuevas reglas de trabajo del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), que le proporcionan $252 ...

Chicago tech startup Yourco received a $6 million investment in its platform that lets organizations use text messages to communicate with deskless employees in industries such as construction, manufacturing, hospitality and transportation.Yourco, based in the Loop, announced the investment from Indianapolis-based venture capital firm High Alpha last week. ...

Breaking Point Rage Rooms first client was a young mother, who arrived crying with her baby.She left her infant with Breaking Point owner Melody Billups and headed into one of its rage rooms, where a range of dishes, appliances and glassware was set up for her to break with a baseball bat."She was crying, and she was just like, 'I needed this because I felt ...

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.The decision halts an order by Kennedy announced in January to end broad ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday celebrated the reported retirement of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, who led President Donald Trumps aggressive and at times deadly deportation campaigns in Chicago and other cities.Greg Bovino wont just get to walk away he will be held accountable and responsible for the damage hes done to our nation, Pritzker said ...

Arguing that federal prosecutors have made a crime out of what under the Constitution cannot be a crime, the group of protesters originally known as the "Broadview Six" asked a judge Monday to toss the conspiracy charge filed against them because it runs afoul of the First Amendments freedom of assembly.Its the latest attempt to challenge the indictment ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday hinted strongly that he supports the Chicago Teachers Unions call to officially sanction a one-day strike on May 1 that would allow students at Chicago Public Schools to miss a day of classes to make their case for increased school funding.Johnson is a former middle school teacher and paid organizer for the CTU whose mayoral ...

For the past three weeks, Northwestern University student Anthony Ehlers has been painting a portrait of Mayor Brandon Johnson.Ehlers has been working on the painting, which depicts the mayor signing an executive order concerning the National Guard, in anticipation of Johnsons visit on Sunday to Sheridan Correctional Center, where Ehlers is incarcerated.Hes ...