Over 200 Illinois towns have opted to charge a 1% grocery tax. Chicago is likely to follow. Local leaders have until October to decide whether to impose this regressive tax on people’s need to eat.

Chicago officials have backed away from plans for a city-owned grocery store, and private chains have proven unreliable. But community organizations continue innovating to meet residents’ needs.

The 1Fifteen at Michigan Station project, proposed for the former Roseland Plaza shopping center site, would bring 58 ...

GOP leaders are expected to meet to discuss President Donald Trump’s massive spending bill, which he wants to have signed by ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

Six locations in close proximity within and around the city's iconic downtown neighborhood — the Loop — have closed, ...

Born and raised in Logan Square, Quezada was appointed this spring and aims to focus on transit, affordable housing and local ...

The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace are facing a potential $770 million shortfall after Illinois lawmakers failed ...

The owner of a Merle Hay Mall arcade says years of delays in planned construction of a hockey arena may force his business to ...

Federal safety-net programs have become campaign fodder, too. At a recent Ohio Republican Party fundraiser in Richland County ...

The $50-million 1Fifteen at Michigan Station project proposal is said to be a “catalyst” for revitalizing the South Side neighborhood.