Police officers removed protesters who interrupted U.S. Rep. Sean Casten’s speech Thursday at an Evergreen Park town hall.
In Evergreen Park, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten town hall faces small group of protesters
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Chicago school board OKs $139M to fund new teacher contract; launches equity initiatives
The Chicago Board of Education ratified a $139 million tentative agreement between the teachers union and Chicago Public Schools.
Life sciences startup secures $30 million and opens Fulton Market lab
The expansion is a good signal for an industry that slowed down, both in Chicago and nationwide, as interest rates rose and some venture capital sources dried up.
Art Institute of Chicago told to surrender drawing to heirs of man killed in Nazi concentration camp
A judge in New York ruled on Wednesday that the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing by Egon Schiele to investigators who plan to return it to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret entertainer from Vienna who was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp in 1941.
William Murphy, oversaw rapid growth as Woodrige mayor, dies
William Murphy, who oversaw rapid growth as the mayor of Woodridge for 32 years, has died.
Indiana updated budget proposal includes $2 increase to cigarette tax
Republican leaders in the Senate and House and Gov. Mike Braun reached a decision on a final budget, which includes raising the cigarette tax by $2 a pack to help address a $2.4 billion deficit.
CPD unveils first draft of new policy on traffic stops
The first draft of the Chicago Police Department’s future policy regulating traffic stops was unveiled Thursday.
Illinois man gets 92.5 years for killing woman with kids in nearby room
An Illinois man got 92.5 years Thursday for putting his five kids in another room in Gary, then shooting their mother dead in the living room.
Details of Neuqua Valley teacher’s alleged sex abuse of Naperville student emerge as no-contact order extended
A Neuqua Valley High School teacher made reference to kissing and wanting to “ravage” a Naperville student in a series of text messages included in a civil no-contact order extended on the same day he pleaded not guilty to sex abuse and grooming charges.
Lake, Porter counties receive failing grades in air pollution report
Lake County failed in all three categories: ozone pollution, 24-hour particle pollution and annual particle pollution. Porter County only received a passing grade for annual particle pollution.