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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the Reproductive Health Act into law, with bill sponsors including Sen. Melinda Bush, left, at the Chicago Cultural Center on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs abortion rights law making procedure a ‘fundamental right’ for women in Illinois

June 12, 2019 at 8:51 p.m.

Surrounded by dozens of female lawmakers, women's rights organizers and reproductive health activists, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed into law sweeping abortion rights legislation that establishes the procedure as...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Federal judge tosses suit seeking to stop Obama center in Jackson Park, compares project to Soldier Field

October 28, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

In a major defeat for opponents, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the city of Chicago was within its authority when it approved the Obama Foundation's plan to build the...

Fate of Obama Presidential Center could be determined by outcome of Tuesday hearing

June 11, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

In what could determine the fate of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, a federal judge will hear final arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against the city...

People line up to meet Mayor Lori Lightfoot during an open house after her inauguration on May 20, 2019 at City Hall.

Crowd lines up early for inauguration, cheer Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s speech: ‘It came from her heart’

May 20, 2019 at 6:59 p.m.

Hours before the doors opened, the crowds started arriving for the inauguration of Lori Lightfoot on Monday, many bundled up and wearing clothes bearing the names of unions, community organizations...

The construction site of the proposed 75-unit affordable housing building in the Jefferson Park neighborhood is shown in 2018.

After years of heated debate, an affordable housing complex has been approved for Jefferson Park

May 18, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

In what is being hailed as a major victory for affordable housing advocates, the Illinois Housing Development Authority on Friday approved a measure to help pay for construction of a...

Cleopatra Watson, of Pullman on the Far South Side, says she wants Lori Lightfoot to "clean house" when she gets into office and "address the people leaders want to forget."

The demanding expectations set forth for Chicago’s Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot

May 19, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

When the Rev. Phil Jackson looks around his West Side community, he can't help but notice the visible signs of years of neglect: boarded-up brick bungalows and two-flats, overgrown vacant...

Michelle Obama speaks at the American Library Association conference in New Orleans in June 2018. The former first lady in October announced a program that aims to support groups that work to educate girls.

Obama initiative to help girls gets name change after complaints from Chicago group with similar title

May 23, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

Six months after former first lady Michelle Obama announced a new program to support groups and community leaders that work with girls, the Obama Foundation revealed it will change the...

Ben and Kiyo Chikaraishi flank their grandson Jason Matsumoto and daughter Lynne Matsumoto at their home on April 25, 2019, in Lincolnwood. Jason and his mother, Lynne, recently visited the Rohwer internment camp where Ben and Kiyo were detained.

What their grandparents didn’t talk about: New generation of Japanese-Americans traces family history in U.S.-run internment camps

May 2, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

Some of the lettering on the death certificate for Mary Doi's grandmother has faded away. But the space that lists where she died in 1943 is bold and legible: Rohwer...

New group of Obama Fellows includes local woman who works to close college-to-job gap

May 23, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

While Aimee Eubanks Davis was growing up on Chicago's South Side and in the south suburbs, college was emphasized as a pathway to better pay, a stable career and an...

The 1890 cornerstone of the old Pilgrim Baptist Church is shown on April 17, 2019. The building completed in 1891 was originally a Jewish synagogue; later it became Pilgrim Baptist Church.

‘Faith is stronger than tragedy’: Like Notre Dame, iconic churches in Chicago have burned, and risen from ashes

April 21, 2019 at 7:54 a.m.

It's been more than a decade since a fire engulfed Chicago's famed Pilgrim Baptist Church, swallowing the roof, melting the copper cornices and consuming the oak balcony, support beams and...

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