The outgoing schools chief emotionally recounted his passion for Chicago Public Schools and for the city where he found home ...

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Michael J. Madigan, who for decades was one of the most influential Democrats in Illinois politics, was convicted of ...

Aqua Illinois said elevated levels of nitrates in the Kankakee River, which may be harmful to infants under 6 months old, ...

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