Chicago-area deals have outpaced the national average but remain below year-ago levels. Next year is expected to be better.

Growing up in an ultraconservative Mormon family, Jennie Gage said, she was primed to become a Christian nationalist and ...

George Retes, a 26-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, isn’t staying quiet — five months after he says he was assaulted ...

Business activity in the Chicago area recorded a marked fall in November, driven by declines in orders, production and employment, a monthly survey showed Wednesday. The Chicago Business Barometer, ...

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Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai received a massive boost in a 2025 rookie redraft, climbing the rankings after a fantastic start to his career. Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai has ...

West Side legal nonprofit celebrates new HQ dedicated to keep young men out of prison ...

When prompted to write about a scent in a memoir writing class at the Yaphank Correctional Facility, Mateo Muñoz, now 20, thought about freedom. And he thought about home. The first line of Muñoz's ...

Property taxes in the Windy City are freezing over, and one Chicago city leader is making a plea for brands and businesses to bring back their headquarters and alleviate homeowners’ frostbite. "The ...

A federal judge in Chicago certified a class of current and future detainees at a suburban Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility where conditions have been, in the judge’s words, “deplorable.” ...

A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview to proceed as a class action, authorizing two former ...

Chicago police on Sunday issued an alert about a recent string of burglaries targeting businesses across the city. At least 10 businesses have been hit by burglars since Nov. 5, authorities said. In ...