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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a town hall at Tippecanoe County Amphitheater, Aug. 27, 2021, in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Can Bernie Sanders sell Democrats’ $3.5T budget to Trump voters? Here’s how he tried in Indiana.

August 31, 2021 at 8:42 a.m.

With a camo Trump hat on his head and a sweating glass of Four Roses bourbon in his hand, Randy Conkright offered up a surprise on Friday afternoon to his...

Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Rahm Emanuel following an event celebrating the first domestic violence shelter built in the city in more than a decade in Chicago in 2013.

Biden to nominate Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan after months of speculation

August 21, 2021 at 6:56 a.m.

President Joe Biden will nominate Rahm Emanuel as his ambassador to Japan, capping off months of speculation that the former Chicago mayor would be tapped for the prominent foreign post,...

A jogger moves past the intersection of South Loomis and West 18th streets on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, in Pilsen, one of Chicago's predominantly Latino neighborhoods.

2020 census will fuel Black-Latino power struggle over Chicago ward map. ‘It’s absolutely going to get ugly.’

August 14, 2021 at 9:42 a.m.

The 2020 census numbers released last week figure to reinvigorate a long-standing power struggle at Chicago City Hall between Latino aldermen representing an ever-larger political base and Black aldermen seeking...

People wait for a bus on the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop on Aug. 9, 2021.

2020 census: Chicago’s population grows slightly, but suburbs stall to slowest rate in decades

August 13, 2021 at 10:02 a.m.

Chicago rebounded from a hefty population loss in the first decade of the 2000s to add about 50,000 residents over the last 10 years, but once-robust growth in the surrounding...

Attendees sit on the ground near the Perry's stage after the final act of the day at Lollapalooza 2015.

Lollapalooza’s contract with Chicago is set to expire. Will it be renewed?

August 1, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.

When the Foo Fighters finish their set on the main stage at Lollapalooza on Sunday night in Grant Park, it will mark the end of the final festival under a...

Blessing Hospital nurse Michelle Summy wears PAPR (powered air-purifying respirator) headgear before entering a room with a COVID-19-positive patient at the hospital's intensive care unit.

7-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Illinois up fivefold in past month

July 23, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

The seven-day average of daily COVID-19 cases in Illinois has increased by five times in the past month after reaching the lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic in...

A pedicab driver transports concert attendees after a John Mayer show Aug. 15, 2019, at the United Center.

Alderman seeks crackdown on Chicago pedicabs, citing ‘illegal street curb parties’ and ‘chaos and mayhem’

July 23, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly is seeking a crackdown on Chicago pedicab drivers, who he says have created a public safety hazard by clogging streets outside River North bars and participating...

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, arrives for the City Council meeting on July 21, 2021.

Aldermen keep cherished ward-level power over business signs in compromise after blocking Lightfoot attempt to strip it

July 21, 2021 at 4:24 p.m.

Aldermen will retain much of their cherished power over awarding business signs and deciding how sidewalks get used in their wards, under a compromise with Mayor Lori Lightfoot approved by...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives a speech before the City Council votes on the civilian oversight panel at City Hall in Chicago, July 21, 2021. A civilian oversight structure for Chicago police was one of Mayor Lightfoot's goals early in her term.

Civilian oversight for Chicago police wins final approval after yearslong fight. Opponents say it will make cops’ jobs harder and hurt recruiting.

July 21, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

Chicago's City Council approved a controversial civilian oversight panel Wednesday, giving the public more control over Chicago police following years of protests about law enforcement misconduct. The 36-13 vote capped...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, center, appears at the CSX Bedford Park Intermodal Yard in Bedford Park.

Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure deal

July 16, 2021 at 9:13 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg held up the long-discussed extension of Chicago's Red Line south to 130th Street on Friday as reason to get behind President Joe Biden's $1.2...

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