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The co-founder of a major Illinois cannabis company who was convicted in a scheme to lease jets for a Mexican cocaine trafficker was sentenced Wednesday to one year in federal prison. Last year, a jury found David Berger guilty of …

Chicago closed the books on 2025 with an unassigned balance of negative $52 million — down from zero in its operating checkbook — even after spending controls and higher-than-expected revenues. The annual city audit by the accounting firm Deloitte & …

When Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced Larry Snelling as the next leader of the Chicago Police Department in August 2023, he touted his pick as a “son of Englewood” with decades of experience policing Chicago streets. Less than three mostly controversy-free …

Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson knew he would have to deliver a truckload of money to Bowen Byram’s doorstep, and he did exactly that Wednesday. The Hawks signed Byram to a six-year extension carrying a whopping $12.5 million salary-cap hit …

Parents in Illinois who have long navigated a fragmented system to find daycare, preschool and other early childhood services can now look under one roof for the assistance they need. That’s due to the new Illinois Department of Early Childhood, …

While many have been able to remain indoors during the heat wave, countless Chicago workers have continued to endure sweltering conditions as extreme temperatures persist throughout the week. Faheem Jackson, working construction in Douglas on Wednesday, is among many workers …

Theater Marya Grandy (front center) stars as Carrie Chapman Catt in “Suffs,” running from July 7-19 at CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St. Joan Marcus “Suffs” is Shaina Taub’s Tony Award-winning musical about the women’s suffrage movement and the fight …

What constitutes an ace? And whatever your definition, do the Cubs have one? That’s a trickier question to answer now than it was a few months ago, as injuries have torn through the team’s pitching staff, with an entire rotation …

A week ago, with the Cubs buried in an ever-increasing avalanche of pitching injuries, shortstop Dansby Swanson unveiled an interjection that could only come out of his native Georgia. “Holy catfish, this is pretty crazy.” Well, there aren’t any better …

WNBA fans might have forgotten what leadership sounds like. There have been plenty of empty, unfeeling statements as the league has grown, and players have borne the ugliest costs of its mainstream attention. Fever coach Stephanie White’s remarks were a …

Chicago FBI boss Douglas S. DePodesta will leave his job after the Fourth of July holiday, an unexpected move causing further tumult in the city’s federal law enforcement community, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. His last day on the job …

Dansby Swanson, the baseball player, didn’t play soccer growing up in Georgia. His other sport of choice in high school was basketball. ‘‘I was a shooting guard,’’ he said the other day. ‘‘I was a good player. I played basketball …

Three men have been charged in the attack on a CBS news crew Monday afternoon along the lakefront, according to Chicago police. Felony charges were filed against 41-year-old Chicago Ridge resident William Huerta, as well as Chicago residents Rafael Salinas, …

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth will head to Japan on Friday to help boost Illinois agriculture and the state’s advancements in quantum technology. Duckworth first lands in Tokyo, where she plans to meet with Toshiba’s chief technology officer to discuss quantum technology …

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot hired her friend Paul Goodrich as City Hall’s chief operating officer in 2021, she hailed his fiscal experience. She called him a “seasoned business and operations executive,” noting that he had worked for three prominent banks. …

As the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, one of the soundtracks of this moment is Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” memorializing one of Illinois’ most famous sons. The widely heralded 1942 work features folk tunes, big brass parts and gripping quotes …

Illinois gambling regulators say a website called Modo “is engaged in the operation of an illegal online casino in violation of the Illinois Criminal Code.” Arizona’s Department of Gaming has described Modo as a “felony criminal enterprise.” A federal lawsuit …

Carl Schurz High School is an architectural marvel: An absolute Prairie School beauty at Milwaukee Avenue and Addison Street that rightfully earned city landmark status and a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1910, the building …

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married for 20 years and have three kids: 19 (in college), 17 and 15. My wife and I sleep in separate beds and haven’t had sex in more than five years — her choice, not mine. …