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Migrants staying at the Gage Park field house mingle outside, in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

El alcalde Brandon Johnson anuncia un esfuerzo para sacar a los inmigrantes de los albergues en un plazo de 60 días

April 15, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

El alcalde Brandon Johnson anunció el miércoles un esfuerzo para sacar a los inmigrantes de los centros de acogida municipales en un plazo de 60 días, al tiempo que ofrecía...

Migrants from Venezuela and other countries who are sheltering at the Chicago police 1st District station on South State Street wear donated clothing better suited to cold weather on Oct. 31, 2023.

State pouring $160 million more for Chicago asylum-seeker relief efforts as winter approaches

March 11, 2024 at 12:21 p.m.

After months of deflecting questions about additional state funding for Chicago's migrant crisis and declaring instead the federal government needed to do more, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday a new...

Migrants staying at the Gage Park field house on Aug. 24, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces effort to get migrants out of shelters within 60 days

March 11, 2024 at 12:21 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced an effort to get migrants out of city-run shelters within 60 days, while offering scant information about what will happen to them if they...

Illinois lawmaker from Aurora area charged with driving under the influence

November 14, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.

An Illinois lawmaker from the Aurora area is facing two charges of driving under the influence after being arrested in the far western suburbs when a police officer found him...

Karl, age 5, stands with his dad, Patrick Bittorf, on Nov. 10, 2023, as they join faculty members, students, parents and supporters at a news conference at Chicago Hope Academy to try to save the Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program.

Families lament, public school advocates celebrate end of controversial scholarship tax credit

November 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Patti Serpa is a single mother of five who relies on a state-sponsored tax credit to send her youngest, 12-year-old Santos, to St. Pius V School, a Catholic grade school...

State Rep. Ann Williams, pictured at the Illinois State Capitol on May 18, 2023, sponsored the House version of a plan for Chicago school board elections.

Illinois legislators leave Springfield with no accord on next year’s Chicago school board elections

November 10, 2023 at 4:52 p.m.

Less than 12 months before Chicago voters head to the polls to elect the city's school board for the first time, Illinois lawmakers adjourned for the year Thursday without reaching...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks with the media at an event to unveil EVBox's new DC fast charger at the company's Libertyville headquarters on Oct. 27, 2023.

Lawmakers send Gov. J.B. Pritzker revised proposal to lift Illinois moratorium on new nuclear plants

November 10, 2023 at 11:27 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers are sending Gov. J.B. Pritzker a revised proposal to lift the state's decades-old moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants that aims to address the issues...

Senate President Don Harmon speaks before the signing of the 2024 fiscal year budget on June 7, 2023, at the Christopher House in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.

Democrats still divided over transition to Chicago elected school board; chances dim for private school tax credit extension

November 9, 2023 at 9:36 a.m.

Illinois House and Senate Democrats remained divided Wednesday over how to handle the transition to a fully elected Chicago school board, while supporters of a controversial tax credit program for...

FILE -- President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minn., Nov. 1, 2023. President Biden has fulfilled some of the promises he made in 2020, but not all.

Biden, funcionarios de Illinois y de Chicago lanzan programa de permisos de trabajo para inmigrantes

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

La administración del presidente Joe Biden, en un esfuerzo conjunto con funcionarios estatales y de Chicago y The Resurrection Project, lanzarán el jueves un programa piloto destinado a acelerar los...

President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility in Bear, Delaware, on Nov. 6, 2023.

President Biden, Illinois and Chicago officials launching a one-stop work permit program for migrants

March 11, 2024 at 12:25 p.m.

President Joe Biden's administration, in a joint effort with state and Chicago officials and The Resurrection Project, will launch a pilot program Thursday aimed at expediting work permits to some...

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