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His voice breaking with emotion, Mayor Brandon Johnson tried again Tuesday to salvage a corporate head tax proposal shot down by the City Council’s Finance Committee and roundly condemned by business leaders. Johnson began his weekly City Hall news conference …

Illinois public health officials now have more authority to set the state’s own vaccine guidelines under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker that aims to “fill the void” left by vaccine skeptics in President Donald Trump’s administration. As …

The Bears‘ Week 16 home game against the Packers is set for Dec. 20, a Saturday, at 7:20 p.m. The NFL set times for Bears-Packers and Eagles-Commanders on Tuesday after originally leaving them undecided. Fox has both games. Eagles-Commanders will …

There was only one way for Pat Fitzgerald to conclude his opening remarks Tuesday at his introduction as the football coach at Michigan State. ‘‘Go, Green!’’ he said, his trademark enthusiasm on display. It wasn’t ‘‘Go, Cats!’’ but it had …

Protesters, clergy and media organizations made what appeared to be a strategic decision Tuesday to seek dismissal of the high-profile lawsuit that challenged the aggressive tactics of federal immigration agents in Chicago — before the case winds up in the hands …

Following a decade of planning, construction and delays, the Obama Presidential Center’s opening has been narrowed to a specific month next year — but not yet an exact date, former President Barack Obama said Monday. “We’re going to open in …

The city of San Francisco is suing four Chicago-based food giants, as well as other major snack food makers, for manufacturing addictive ultra-processed foods and knowingly sickening consumers. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu in …

An ex-employee of the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center has filed a lawsuit against the institution and its president and CEO, Perri Irmer, alleging misuse of public funds, harassment and retaliation. The lawsuit is the latest in an …

Caleb Williams will walk into Lambeau Field on Sunday being able to say something few other recent Bears quarterbacks have: I’ve won here before. Yes, it was with an interim head coach in Week 18 of last season. Of course, …

Over the last year, O’Hare International Airport unexpectedly came to dominate U.S. passenger growth as United Airlines and American Airlines shifted more flights to the Midwestern hub. That apparent good news for O’Hare has unexpectedly thrown a wrench in the …

Chicagoans would pay higher taxes for liquor and rides with Uber and Lyft, along with significantly higher garbage collection fees, under alternative budget options unveiled Tuesday that do not include Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rejected corporate head tax proposal. A group …

The Bears’ defense is coming back together, and they could get mainstay linebacker T.J. Edwards back for the Packers game Sunday.   Edwards has been out four games with a broken right hand and a hamstring injury and practiced Tuesday …

The mountain of costly settlements tied to disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is about to get $15.4 million bigger. On Thursday, the City Council’s Finance Committee will be asked to award that amount to Robert Smith Jr., who was …

When the air turns crisp and the days grow short, few things bring comfort like a steaming bowl of stew. Earthy, aromatic and deeply nourishing, this lentil and kale stew offers a welcome pause between the indulgent spreads of the …

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said one of her office’s top achievements during her first year in office has been increasing the pretrial detention rate for suspects charged with assault weapons possession, domestic violence and other violent crimes. …

Lawyers for a former downstate cop convicted of murdering an unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home last year are seeking a new trial, alleging that errors by the judge swung the case against their client. A jury in Peoria …

NORMAL, Ill.— St. Francis quarterback Brock Phillip was physically battered on his team’s final drive. He collapsed with cramps and had to leave for a play. Then he took a punishing hit from a Providence defender just steps in front …

For the last several weeks, judges sitting in Chicago’s federal courthouse have largely sided against the Trump administration on questions raised by the aggressive immigration campaign that hit the city this fall. But Tuesday, a federal appeals judge leveled blunt …

A federal ban on intoxicating hemp-derived products is set to take effect nationwide late next year, but the psychoactive goods that have soared in popularity through a loophole could be outlawed much sooner in Chicago under a proposal before the …

When Travaris Ivy came home Thanksgiving evening after spending time with family, he saw a note posted in his building: All residents of 7500 South Shore Dr. were being ordered to vacate the premises on or before Dec. 12. Ivy, …