The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced the closure of six schools due to low enrollment and financial deficits, and will help affected families enroll in other Catholic schools and assist teachers and staff in finding jobs.

Chicago's inspector general is urging city departments to do more to monitor overtime payments to city employees, after finding the city paid out tens of millions of dollars in overtime to employees who might not have been eligible over five years.

Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the report by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg.

The House approved Department of Homeland Security funding Thursday. The bill now moves to the Senate, with final approval needed next week.

Some schools have already added their names to the list of closures for Friday.

Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs have been busy this offseason, with the two splash moves being the trade for Edward Cabrera and the signing of star third baseman Alex Bregman.For the first time in years,

Expansion is fine, and more competition is always a good thing, especially for consumers.

Water, wildlife, and wide-open spaces; the prairie's most valuable assets gave birth to what would become Chicago, and those same factors might be what drives us forward again in the age of artificial intelligence.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has sent a letter to Catholic school families on the South Side and south suburbs alerting them to the termination of a teacher with a history of child molestation allegations in Illinois and other states.