Healthy School Meals for All Kids, a coalition dedicated to ensuring all Illinois students have access to free school meals, today called on the General Assembly to provide $209 million in the Fiscal ...

Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security ...

The 2025 budget makes several key investments, including the largest city-funded youth jobs program in Chicago’s history, ...

• Cross-Trained Employees. The Lombard DMV is among the first facilities in the Chicago area constructed as a “One-Stop-Shop.

On Wednesday morning, Cook County officials including President Toni Preckwinkle and Commissioner Alma Anaya, alongside the Cook County Justice Advisory Council and non-profit leaders held a press ...

More than 100,000 people have already enjoyed the stunning holiday displays at Millennium Park, including the beloved Chicago Christmas Tree, which sparkles with 70,000 dazzling LED lights and 35,000 ...

For the 21st year Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is celebrating ethnic holiday traditions of nearly 100 different nationalities at the “Christmas Trees from Around the World” display at her office ...

The City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) invited Chicago leaders, youth-serving stakeholders and young people to the Harold Washington Library Center Winter Garden for the ...

Representative Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act, which would require the U.S. Department ...

The Liberty Justice Center announced that seven additional members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have joined its efforts to hold CTU leadership accountable for failing to produce audits for over ...

A measure championed by State Senator Karina Villa, securing language assistance during state agency administrative hearings passed the Senate on Wednesday with support from the Mexican American Legal ...

When it comes to small but mighty summer fruits, blueberries stand out. Is there anything simpler and more delicious? Enjoy them by the handful or add them to smoothies, yogurt, whole-grain cereals, ...