Since the early 1980s, the CTA has hosted a competition to find the city’s best bus driver. Over the years, it’s expanded to ...

Johnson’s pick comes after two Latino Caucus members engaged in a campaign for the influential post. But neither could find ...

A Cook County circuit judge agreed with Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago River ...

Tova Wolff will open Refracted Theatre Company’s fall season with a play set 300 years in the future – in a world where women ...

Much has been made of the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to hold the office of President of the United States. Harris’ rise to ...

Paul La Schiazza's trial is the last set to play out before Michael Madigan faces his own racketeering trial Oct. 8. The once ...

Some city cultural advisers worry the loss of institutional expertise could impact a department responsible for major events ...

Violent crimes per CTA passenger trip are more than triple this year compared to 2015, a WBEZ analysis has found.

The coffers of two business-backed groups represent, by far, the biggest expected infusion of money supporting and opposing ...

The Chicago-area’s longest-operating horse-racing track is being sued along with state regulators for allegedly allowing dozens of horses to race despite medical diagnoses from a now-terminated track ...

You can catch the Vocalo Summer Finale at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Friday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson isn't the first Chicago mayor to tackle a budget crisis by freezing hiring and restricting overtime.