Chicago Voters approve to demand federal compensation for economic losses linked to ICE
También avalaron que se reestablezca el sistema de detección de disparos y un impuesto a millonarios para apoyar a las escuelas públicas
También avalaron que se reestablezca el sistema de detección de disparos y un impuesto a millonarios para apoyar a las escuelas públicas
<p>Many Chicagoans consider the thousands of vacant lots scattered across the city to be an eyesore. And on Tuesday, a number of them said the lots should be a source of revenue for Chicago Public Schools.</p><p>Nearly 74% of Chicago...
<p>Even before it was clear Democrats were on the verge of an historic victory Tuesday night, Antonio Caballero, of Bridgeport, had high hopes.</p><p>An immigrant from South America who grew up in New York, Caballero, 54, moved to...
<p>More than 70% of Chicagoans expressed in an advisory referendum Tuesday that they want to bring back gunshot detection technology to fight violent crime and speed up emergency response time to gunshot victims, but the vote is...
<p>Months after immigration enforcement upended her neighborhood, Little Village resident Alex Cortez said the community is still trying to heal from the trauma.</p><p>Rather than wait and hope for change, Cortez decided to take action,...
Illinois voters will face more than just a slate of candidates in the Nov. 3 election. Ballot questions across the Chicago area could affect property taxes, school funding, public safety and how local governments operate. Many of the...
There are several referenda on ballots across the Chicago area.
<p>Met with cheers, T-shirts and voter guides, hundreds of Chicago high school students flooded the Loop early voting supersite Wednesday as part of a push for young voter participation.</p><p>Chicago Votes, a political organization...
District 9a neighborhoods: Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Englewood, New City, Ashburn, Washington Heights Voters in this South Side district will have a new representative — with a familiar last name — on Chicago’s school board...
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican opponent Mike Collins made their final appeals to voters in Georgia. Candidates for Chicago school board president made their final appeals to voters ahead of Chicago's first election for the...
Polls show the election is too close to call as discontent around an ailing economy continues to swell.
US candidates across the country are casting their ballots and making final appeals to voters, joining other Americans at the polls in midterm elections which will decide which party controls Congress. Subscribe to...
Candidates for Chicago school board president made their final appeals to voters ahead of Chicago's first election for the position.
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Some Florida Republicans, including Gov. Florida Republicans aren't panicking about sluggish turnout for the midterms , but in the words of one GOP elder: "We're white-knuckled." Why it matters: Florida once looked like a much safer...
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says Vivek Ramaswamy wasn't "in tune" with Ohio's blue-collar voters, citing his tech background and H-1B stance.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took a swing at failed Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, saying the Buckeye State Republican got “beat like a drum” in his race. “Ohio governor. I mean, how bad did they...
‘Florida Is the Last Main Anchor Standing’ for Republicans The New York Times DeSantis calls midterm bloodbath an ‘extinction-level event for Republicans’ Politico DeSantis’ election post-mortem: ‘Extinction-level...
2026 ELECTION COVERAGE: Watch Live | Poll Closing Times | All Live Results | Live Updates | Live Fact Check Democrat JB Pritzker won election Tuesday as governor of Illinois, defeating Republican Darren Bailey. Illinois Gov. Covered by...
On the heels of his election win, Gov. JB Pritzker is in Washington, D.C. Thursday.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who won his third term as the governor of the Prairie State, criticized Vice President Vance’s social media post following the Republican Party’s sweeping losses in the midterm...
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has kept the moving trucks away from the Governor's Mansion, becoming the first Illinois governor since Jim Thompson in 1982 to secure a third term. Pritzker outlines agenda After delivering...
The BBC's Nada Tawfik breaks down what the president could do now after losing both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections. Covered by 8 outlets: 2 lean left, 4 are centre, 1 lean right, 1 are not rated.
NBC News’ Allie Canal and Brian Cheung detail how the midterm elections, the war with Iran, and artificial intelligence are all affecting the stock market. For more context and news coverage of the most important...
“I was doing cartwheels down the street,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Wednesday reacting to U.S. midterm election results dominated by the Democrats. Ford, who once said that Donald Trump could "kiss [his]...
After the Democrats swept the U.S. midterms on Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was "doing cartwheels down the street." Other leaders, however, are a little more reserved. Ottawa reporter Stephanie Levitz...
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Three news outlets have beefed up their legal complaint against the White House over access, saying it is continuing to defy a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and on...
Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Clear 250 House Seats in Decisive Power Shift The New York Times Democrats have ousted at least 30 Republican incumbents, from swing districts to GOP strongholds CNN 2026...
Following the Republican Party's recent electoral losses, President Trump's domestic influence appears to have diminished significantly. Despite these setbacks, Trump retains considerable freedom to implement his...
Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Bruce Wolpe – a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre and a former congressional staffer during the Obama era – about the seismic win by the Democrats in the US...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have blamed election losses on the Iran war, for which Hegseth is a key advocate.
A Chicago City Council vote has redirected money from the city’s parking meter deal toward pension debt. Chicago parking meter pension payment The council voted 44-6 to use the $75 million Chicago received upfront from the parking meter...
The Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly to retain control of a $75 million windfall Mayor Brandon Johnson planned to use in his proposed 2027 budget, adding to the challenges facing his $17.6 billion spending plan.
<p>Chicagoans who voted on Election Day may have grown impatient in long lines, but only part of that can be attributed to a technical issue reported at some polling locations, the Chicago Board of Elections said. </p><p>A coding error...
The Illinois governor's race, Illinois Senate race, and the first fully elected Chicago School Board are key races to watch locally.
Douglas DePodesta says he was forced out of his job after U.S. The former head of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office says he was forced to resign after federal officials blamed him for the collapse of the Broadview Six case. Covered by 5...
Former FBI Chicago chief Douglas DePodesta sues DOJ officials, alleging political pressure and retaliation after the Broadview Six anti-ICE prosecution collapsed.
<p>The federal judge presiding over the failed "Broadview Six" prosecution ordered Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on Monday to testify in her courtroom under oath later this month.</p><p>U.S. District Judge...
Former Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta sued President Trump and other top administration officials, alleging he was forced to resign after a federal prosecutor sought to blame him for the collapse of a...
Douglas DePodesta says he was made ‘scapegoat’ after collapse of case against Broadview Six anti-ICE protesters The former head of the FBI in Chicago has accused the Trump administration of pressuring him to...
La exdirectora de una escuela de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) y actual integrante de la Junta de Educación, Jessica Biggs, se declaró vencedora el martes, superando a dos rivales tras una campaña encendida para convertirse en...
Jessica Biggs, a former CPS principal, claimed victory as the next president of the Chicago Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Roughly 60 percent of the vote had been counted with Biggs garnering almost half...
<p>Despite being massively outspent, the Chicago Teachers Union was leading in nine of the 20 school board seats as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to election results from the Associated Press. That would be enough to throw up formidable...
Members of the Chicago Board of Education make key policy decisions that affect more than 315,000 Chicago Public Schools students, about three-quarters of whom come from low-income households, per state data. The...
SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points for NBC’s Chicago Fire‘s Season 15 Episode 5 titled “Three Hundred.” It’s the end of an era on NBC’s Chicago Fire, as we say goodbye to Joe Miñoso, who has played Firefighter Josef...
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Taylor Kinney never thought he’d be here. The 300th episode of “Chicago Fire,” titled “Three Hundred,” wasn’t a milestone that was on his mind — mostly because it seemed impossible that he’d be starring on a show for 15 seasons. “I...
Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo discuss the milestone 300th episode of "Chicago Fire," which airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, on NBC.
<p>Someone fatally shot the CEO of a violence prevention group who worked in violence-plagued areas of Chicago on Saturday night in suburban Chicago Heights, officials said. </p><p>Andre Thomas, 57, was found with multiple gunshot...
A Matteson man was fatally shot in Chicago Heights on Halloween night, and police are asking people nearby to check their surveillance video. Andre Thomas killed in Chicago suburb Chicago Heights police said officers...
It has been a gloomy Thursday with drizzle and light rain. A cold front is moving through the region this evening, and we should see a drying trend late tonight as colder air moves in. Overnight lows will drop to the upper 30s and wind...
This story is being copublished by Invisible Institute and the Chicago Reader The Chicago Police Department has rewritten an internal policy that allowed officers to easily close missing persons cases they did not solve. This new...
<p>Funding for the department that puts on Chicago’s large-scale events, such as Jazz Festival and Taste of Chicago, would remain essentially flat under Mayor Brandon Johnson’s <a class="Link"...
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<p>Un hombre de 39 años que conducía un patín eléctrico murió tras chocar con un vehículo de la Policía de Chicago a primeras horas del jueves en Bridgeport.</p><p>A las 12:30 a.m., los agentes patrullaban en un vehículo policial...
Just days after closing its maternity ward, Roseland Community Hospital has filed for bankruptcy.
A 32-year-old woman has died nearly two weeks after she was shot in the head while sitting inside a vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The shooting happened on Oct. 22 at approximately 9:31 a.m. in the 2400 block of West 47th Street,...
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After an unusually warm stretch, cooler November-like temperatures will give way to a sunny, dry weekend and a return to the 60s early next week. Thirty-six of the last 38 days have had at-or-above-normal temperatures. The next couple...