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A Peoples Gas employee works to replace piping in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood on May 6, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Consumer groups seek to slash $137 million from Peoples Gas rate hike request

May 6, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Consumer groups filed testimony with the Illinois Commerce Commission this week urging regulators to slash two-thirds from a proposed $202 million rate increase by Peoples Gas.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a person while community members and activists protest in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

baiduhai wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting

May 4, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.

The baiduhai won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.

The ComEd headquarters building in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago, July 17, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ComEd files to recover $234 million in added costs, but electricity delivery charges set to decrease next year

May 2, 2026 at 10:25 a.m.

State regulators will have the better part of a year to analyze the 2025 cost reconciliation sought by ComEd before ruling in December.

Contractor Ernest Brown signs the final beam to be hoisted up to Bally’s Chicago casino project site during a topping-off ceremony along the 500 block of West Grand Avenue on April 30, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Bally’s Chicago tops off permanent casino construction, plans early 2027 opening

April 30, 2026 at 6:40 p.m.

Bally’s Chicago hosted a topping-off ceremony Thursday marking the placement of the final beam. That means the 34-story hotel and adjacent casino have risen to their full height along the...

Site work begins at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park campus, at the site of the former U.S. Steel South Works, Nov. 21, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

IBM announces new innovation center at Chicago quantum park, creating 750 new tech jobs

April 29, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Building on its growing Chicago quantum footprint, IBM is creating a FutureNow delivery center at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, with a commitment to create 750 new full-time technology...

Paris Schutz, who spent the last two years as lead political correspondent at WFLD-Ch. 32, is leaving the Fox station and joining WMAQ-Ch. 5 as a general assignment reporter. (WTTW-TV)

Former Fox 32 political reporter Paris Schutz joins NBC 5 in latest TV news talent raid

April 28, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

Paris Schutz, who spent the last two years as lead political correspondent at WFLD-Ch. 32, is leaving the Fox station and joining WMAQ-Ch. 5 as a general assignment reporter beginning...

People check out a new Rivian R2 midsize SUV during a preview at the showroom in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, April 24, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Rivian’s new midsize R2 SUV rolls into Chicago for weekend event as EV production launches in Normal

April 24, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

This weekend, Rivian is giving Chicago-area customers their first chance to kick the tires on the Illinois-built EV during a cross-country roadshow. The R2 is on display through Saturday at...

Anchor Rob Hart in action and on the air at WBBM-AM 780 radio in Chicago, April 21, 2026. In one month the station will lose its familiar top-of-the-hour newscast from CBS radio, which is pulling the plug from its century-old network. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

WBBM Newsradio still up in the air about filling the void post-CBS

April 21, 2026 at 9:22 p.m.

CBS News announced last month it was ending its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, blaming economic conditions and the changing media landscape. The network, which...

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks April 16, 2026, during an announcement expanding the IBM–Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute partnership at Discovery Partners Institute in Chicago’s Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

University of Illinois and IBM renew quantum technology partnership at new Chicago headquarters

April 16, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM announced a renewed research partnership Thursday to advance artificial intelligence and quantum technology, with the city at the center of the ongoing project.

Former McDonald's executives Domineca Neal, left, and Vicki Guster-Hines, photographed on April 9, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Suit filed against McDonald’s by Black former execs will head to trial as political winds surrounding DEI shift

April 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The lawsuit, set to go to trial two months before a crucial midterm election, could be a bellwether case on the current state of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion.

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