City leaders believed they had balanced Chicago’s budget for the year, but an unexpected $175 million shortfall has forced officials back to the negotiating table.

School Library Division is the recipient of the 2025 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, the $1,750 grant is given to an AASL Chapter ...

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site is a replica of the hamlet where Lincoln lived for six years during his early ...

The historic buildings and land that the January fires spared and destroyed. The Southern California properties come with ...

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed more than 65 Palestinians over the past day, including women and children, the ...

For Ric Offerman, Minooka’s mayor, these are inescapable environmental tradeoffs to secure a multibillion-dollar investment from Equinix, Inc., a Redwood City, California-based company that operates ...

What’s next? The Toms River Regional Board of Education voted to authorize the sale of its administration building to the county at a recent meeting.

History buffs dove into thousands of pages of government records released online this week, hoping for new nuggets about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. They instead found ...

A new state-commissioned report finds PLAs boost competition, cut costs, and aid diverse businesses in Illinois.

The Tu Casa Project will offer senior programs, barista training and a cosmetology school. Sisters and entrepreneurs Michelle ...

Lurie, who gave away hundreds of millions of dollars before she died last June, bought the East Lake Shore Drive co-op in 2020 and gave it a full stylish makeover.

Check out the Adler Planetarium, DuSable Black History Museum, Shedd Aquarium and more, with many offering free admission ...