Opinion: It's Long Past Time to Shrink Chicago's City Council
As we approach the 100th Anniversary of its current format, it's time to make changes and restructure Chicago's City Council.
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Gallery: Photos from protests outside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
In August 2024, as the Democratic National Convention took place in Chicago, protesters gathered in the streets to voice their opposition to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and U.S. foreign policy. This gallery captures moments from those protests.
'Just another day,' say residents of city startlingly numb to shocking violence
People living in the city where this kind of violence routinely occurs reportedly concluded that there was no way to prevent this violence from taking place.
Supreme Court upholds cash-free bail in Illinois, takes effect in September
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis ordered that the halt on the law be lifted 60 days after Tuesday's opinion, on Sept. 18, 2023.
Mississippi River crests at Davenport, testing barriers
The peak was slightly lower than forecast but still high enough to test the region's flood defenses and to keep officials on guard. Many larger cities have flood walls but Davenport relies on temporary sand-filled barriers and allows the river to flood in riverfront parks.