The Chicago Hounds have signed outside back James Stokes for the rest of the 2025 Major League Rugby season. Read more…

In the 2023-24 school year, 92.7% of Bronzeville Academy Charter School students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Read more…

The University of Illinois Cancer Center has been reaccredited by the Commission on Cancer (CoC), signifying adherence to comprehensive, patient-centered standards for cancer care. Read more…

Rickey Harris, principal of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and recently elected member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors, has declined to comment on the organization's policy regarding biological male transgender athletes in female sports. Read more…

The City of Chicago has aligned itself with a coalition of numerous cities, counties, union organizations, and non-profit groups to challenge the Trump Administration’s recent federal government reorganization plan. Read more…

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The city filed a civil lawsuit against Smollett in April 2019, seeking to recoup about $130,000 — the amount of money spent on overtime for CPD investigators who looked into Smollett’s initial attack claim. According to federal court documents, the parties contacted the courtroom deputy on Wednesday “to advise they have settled, but need more time to finalize documentation.”

This plan could require the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice to provide employment opportunities, educational resources, and parental mentorship training for youth who committed nonviolent crimes.

Voters were unhappy with their home state: 49.5 percent said they would move out of Illinois if given the opportunity, a slight increase from January. Only 40 percent said they would rather stay in Illinois. The remaining 10.5 percent said they were unsure.

HB 4045 and its companion bill in the Senate would allow anyone who knowingly manufactures, sells,  offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a "convertible pistol" to be charged with unlawful possession of a weapon; a class 4 felony in the state punishable by a minimum of one year in prison and up to three years behind bars and a $25,000 fine.