The Obama Presidential Center, located in Jackson Park, is set to open in 2026. The campus will contain four buildings including a garden, museum, auditorium, branch of the Chicago Public Library and ...

A traveling memorial honoring immigrants who died in immigration custody or enforcement actions was installed on Loyola’s ...

A house fire at 7049 N. Paulina St. killed a family of four in the early morning hours of Nov. 5 at a two-story townhome in Rogers Park. The victims include a 13-year-old boy, a 22-year-old man, a ...

Cook County residents voted on several ballot measures Nov. 3 in addition to casting their votes in the various national and local races. Three notable ballot measures, previously reported on by The ...

The Phoenix points out three Cook County ballot measures for the 2026 midterms. On the Cook County midterm ballot, three ...

Democrats flipped Republican-held seats in battleground states like Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, Michigan and Texas, according ...

Sixteen candidates, including incumbent Mayor Brandon Johnson, will appear on the ballot for the Feb. 23 mayoral election.

Former Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night. He will represent Illinois’ ...

Attack ads have become increasingly common in recent elections, despite the harm they pose to many candidates.

Incumbent Democratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was reelected for her fifth full term Nov. 3. She was first ...

After two weeks of programming, the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival has come to a close. The second week of the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) didn’t hold back in its ...

Democrat Juliana Stratton, who currently serves as lieutenant governor for Gov. JB Pritzker, was elected to the U.S. Senate ...