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Chicago Sun-Times - Politics

RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis

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Council faces 2 more close votes — on 25 mph speed limit and allowing cops to cooperate with ICE

54 minutes ago

USA v. Michael Madigan

1 month ago

Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: 'That I had any time spent with Danny Solis'

16 hours ago

Daniel Levin, developer whose investments spanned downtown and city neighborhoods, dies at 94

19 hours ago

First look: $4M renovation of CPS boardroom makes space for 21 members

21 hours ago

Michelle Obama to skip Donald Trump's presidential inauguration

1 day ago

Laken Riley immigration bill would upend enforcement

1 day ago

As Trump's deportation threats loom, Chicago's immigrant communities prepare emergency plans

44 minutes ago

Adriana Cardona-Maguigad | WBEZ

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Jonel Aleccia | AP

1 hour ago

Chicago fire officials whisked away a supervisor found asleep at the wheel, then lied about it, report finds

1 hour ago

Johnson blasted for failing to deliver on environmental promises

2 hours ago

Chicago's bond rating dropped to BBB — one step above lowest investment grade

2 hours ago

Chinese company pleads guilty to stealing technology used in Chicago-based Motorola Solutions' walkie-talkies

15 hours ago

Activists say new studies show Promontory Point's historic limestone seawall can be repaired

18 hours ago

Patrick Daley Thompson

21 hours ago

U.S. Supreme Court hears appeal by former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson

21 hours ago

Former Circuit Judge Robert Boharic 'pursued everything to the fullest'

22 hours ago

Hegseth confronts allegations of misconduct at Senate hearing for Pentagon chief

19 hours ago

Lisa Mascaro | AP

21 days ago

Tara Copp | AP

12 days ago

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials say

3 hours ago

Wafaa Shurafa | AP

3 hours ago

Feds' cross-exam of Madigan on Solis, McClain, no-show jobs marked by challenges — and chuckles

1 day ago

Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law

1 day ago

Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Trump inauguration events

19 hours ago

Michelle L. Price | AP

16 days ago

Meet the man behind the 'buttery baritone' grilling Madigan on the witness stand

1 day ago

After a long, often rocky ride, CTA President Dorval Carter to retire

2 days ago

Cook County judge who shared racist meme faces state probe, reassignment and bias training

2 days ago

Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

25 days ago

CTU contract talks remain stuck on what goes on in schools, not on economics

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