New York is offering up to $90 million in tax credits for news outlets to hire and retain journalists in an effort to help keep the shrinking local news industry afloat.
A judge in Springfield this week sided with a group of Republican office seekers who say they are blocked from November’s ballot under a controversial new law that’s been derided as a “dictator-style tactic of stealing an election.”
Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, highlighted and harshly criticized a post recently made by Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd.
In his first two months on the job, Chicago White Sox broadcaster John Schriffen has made himself the center of attention with his on-air criticism of “haters” and “radio losers.”
The medals were submitted to the treasurer’s office through the unclaimed property program, but their stories remain shrouded in mystery.
Memorial Day weekend events
The Board of Education for Maine Township High School District 207 approved a bid for construction at Maine South High School at its May board meeting. The summer project will entail emergency roof repairs near the athletics entrance lobby. Repairs will include a temporary roof and take two summers to complete. The bid the board accepted came nearly $50,000 under budget. Construction is expected to begin on May 28. In a letter from the Director of Facilities, David Ulm, to Superintendent Ken Wallace and the Assistant Superintendent Mary Kalou, there has been persistant leaks even after previous repairs have been […]
Chicago Public Schools aims to move a step closer to finalizing a new school safety policy, following a Board of Education vote in February to remove uniformed Chicago Police Department officers from all district schools as of the end of the school year. The district will present a new “Whole School Safety Framework” for approval […]
On tree trunks, sidewalks, railings and the sides of buildings, the long-awaited 17-year periodical cicadas are finally out and about.
Construction will begin this summer on the Western station