Advocates have touted the Illinois law as a model for other states, but a Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation found that many ...

It’s an ancient Roman relic named for a fascist leader. The debate over its future is part ideology and part historic ...

It’s not yet clear how many teaching positions might be lost, though a WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis estimates it could be more ...

This story is a partnership between WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. Beatriz Salazar was sifting through her usual pile of mail this spring when an envelope from the city of Chicago caught her eye ...

The previously hard-to-find book, rereleased by the owners of the Graveface Museum, is the latest unboxed cultural artifact ...

Chicago says it will help fund some local arts organizations that lost money when the Trump administration canceled grants issued through the National Endowment for the Arts. Department of Cultural ...

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved a $17.5 million settlement for a former student who was sexually abused by a former dean at a Little Village high school. It’s the largest ...

Brown University’s Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve argues that false confessions stem from something more pernicious than shoddy ...

The order, issued last week, stems from a lawsuit filed in February claiming the Justice Department and DHS coerced Facebook ...

After five years, the team's quest for a new dome has been narrowed to two choices in two states, with a lot at stake for ...

The contract with BriefCam would speed the county sheriff's response to jail emergencies, the sheriff’s office said. But ...

Policy advocates at the Greater Chicago Food Depository say the changes are causing the biggest loss of SNAP benefits the state of Illinois has ever seen. Sweeping changes to the Supplemental ...