Preckwinkle proposes stop-gap fixes, shrinking budget to address Cook County’s $550M shortfall By A.D. Quig October 7, 2026 at 10:30 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will propose “sweeping the cupboards bare” to close a...
U.S. Rep. Mrvan introduces legislation against federal power plant orders By Maya Wilkins October 7, 2026 at 4:44 p.m. Mrvan introduced legislation to prevent utility consumers from paying costs for reopening or preventing the...
President Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see a political stunt. By Fatima Hussein October 7, 2026 at 2:32 p.m. President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to...
Early voting begins Thursday in collar counties but not until Oct. 1 in Chicago and Oct. 7 in suburban Cook By Rick Pearson September 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The launch of mail-in balloting in the collar counties and beyond in Illinois begins after...
President Trump’s Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion blueprint to begin Gaza reconstruction By Matthew Lee September 23, 2026 at 9:21 p.m. At a meeting of the group’s board in New York on the sidelines of the...
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile stops in Chicago By Allison Kiehl September 23, 2026 at 6:26 p.m. A traveling bookmobile displaying the Jeffrey Epstein files stopped in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood Wednesday as...
Iowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster By Hannah Fingerhut September 23, 2026 at 5:57 p.m. A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its...
China’s President Xi arrives in Washington, kicking off his state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump By Michelle L. Price September 23, 2026 at 5:22 p.m. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a...
Dueling tenants’ rights proposals stall as City Hall heads toward negotiations By Jake Sheridan September 23, 2026 at 6:27 p.m. A pair of ordinances aimed at overhauling renters’ rights in Chicago were delayed Wednesday as...
Cook County leaders warn of ‘devastation’ with 100 days to go before Medicaid work requirements take effect By Lisa Schencker September 23, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Cook County leaders and health officials sounded the alarm Wednesday, warning that changes in the...
East Chicago’s first Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100 By Doug Ross September 23, 2026 at 3:52 p.m. Rosemarie Gomez, who died Saturday at age 100, is remembered as the first Hispanic woman...
Cook County settles Burge and scooter crash cases, defers jail monitoring proposal By A.D. Quig September 23, 2026 at 6:37 p.m. Cook County’s finance committee approved a settlement Wednesday for a victim of a coerced confession...
Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets By Jocelyn Noveck September 23, 2026 at 3:46 p.m. The extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes moves...