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A proposal to strip the name of the late U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde from the DuPage County courthouse and related offices in Wheaton is up for a vote on the DuPage County Board’s agenda for Tuesday, and the measure is dividing Republicans and Democrats.
Hyde, a Wood Dale Republican and a staunch abortion opponent who chaired the U.S. House Judiciary Committee from 1995 until 2001, died in 2007. Three years later, the DuPage County Board voted to name its courthouse building, at 505 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton, the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility and allow for a privately funded statue of Hyde to be placed outside the building.
Now, with the DuPage County Board squarely in control by Democrats — a stark change from the past, when Republicans ruled the board and the county for decades — a resolution is on the board agenda to remove Hyde’s name from the building and to rename it simply the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility.
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Chicago restaurant workers prepare as ICE arrests cast fear, uncertainty over industry
For the first time in her 15 years working in a Chicago restaurant, Malena knows what to do if immigration officials come knocking at her workplace.
Malena, who spoke on the condition that the Tribune not publish her last name or the restaurant where she works, is one of the Chicago-area restaurant workers living and working in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Behind-the-scenes staff acrimony mirrors public tension between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker
The uneasiness between the two-term billionaire governor with rumored presidential ambitions who refers to himself as a “pragmatic progressive” and the rookie mayor who is the face of Chicago’s more left-wing progressive movement highlights some of the inherent tension among Democrats.
O’Hare is Chicago’s biggest CO2 emitter; Indiana factories are region’s top polluters
In 2023, O’Hare International Airport and its screaming jet engines were Chicago’s biggest single source of carbon dioxide, accounting for one-tenth of the city’s total.
Half of Chicago’s CO2 came from a transportation system choked with cross-country freight and the worst traffic congestion in the United States.
Telling their own story: South Side bus tour delves into Chicago’s key role in America’s Black Muslim history
The driving force for the tour guides of the Chicago Black Muslim History Tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must unapologetically tell their own story, an experience that so many of their ancestors were robbed of due to slavery. This tour is a realization of that idea, of Black Muslim Chicagoans searching for freedom, justice and equality through Islam.
‘He’s the smartest football mind in the room’: How Ben Johnson’s background shaped the Chicago Bears coach’s rise
Displayed in a wicker chair on the front porch of Ben Johnson’s boyhood home, atop a hill 15 minutes southeast of downtown, is a framed sign with North Carolina Tar Heels logos that reads, “Whatever It Takes.” It represents what the region the new Chicago Bears coach hails from is going through: cleanup and rebuilding from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Maybe the community’s resilience is reflected in Johnson’s rise through the NFL ranks to become a head coach at 38, the second-youngest in the league behind the Seattle Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald, 37. With the Bears stuck in a maddening search for sustained success, there’s certainly rebuilding to do at Halas Hall.
Dick Jauron, who led Chicago Bears to 13-win season in 2001, dies: ‘He didn’t get enough credit for what he did’
Former Chicago Bears coach Dick Jauron, 74, died Saturday in Massachusetts. The Peoria native was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Jauron spent 28 years as an NFL coach, beginning in 1985 with the Buffalo Bills before moving to the Green Bay Packers, with whom he coached defensive backs for nine years. He served as Tom Coughlin’s defensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars for four seasons before the Bears hired him in 1999.
Super Bowl: Philadelphia Eagles deny the Kansas City Chiefs a three-peat with dominant defense in 40-22 rout
A ferocious Philadelphia Eagles defense tormented and frustrated Patrick Mahomes while Hurts made all the plays the offense needed.
So much for the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close.
Highs and lows of 2025 Super Bowl ads: Aliens, AI, America and Afflecks
What did everyone think of this year’s batch of Super ads? It’s the only TV that everyone will watch together for the next 12 months — or at least 120 million of us. No movie or TV series will come close. Here’s what Christopher Borrelli saw from his corner of the couch.
At the Willowbrook Ballroom, love was always in the air
The Willowbrook Ballroom had the girth of an airport hangar, but its reason for being was inspired by Valentine’s Day’s three little words: “I love you.”
In 1985, a Tribune editor sent reporter Ron Grossman to check out a publicist’s release about a Sunday-afternoon gathering at the longtime landmark in southwest suburban Willow Springs.
Pilot Project Brewing opening second Chicago location in Wrigleyville
The brewery company Pilot Project is opening its second Chicago location this spring in Wrigleyville, slated to fit a tap room, restaurant, rooftop and a basement cocktail lounge.
