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Cannabis product on a shelf at the majority Black-owned Ivy Hall dispensary on Nov. 14, 2022. Ivy Hall is the state's first operating social equity cannabis dispensary.

Cannabis advocates ask for changes in state law to provide protections for patients, business owners and motorists

May 9, 2023 at 6:54 p.m.

Advocates called Tuesday for changes to help medical cannabis patients and to broaden opportunities in the marijuana industry. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, a collective of social justice advocates, medical...

Edie Moore, an executive director of Chicago NORML, is at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2019.

Cannabis operators big and small argue over who should oversee the industry in Illinois

May 9, 2023 at 6:36 p.m.

A battle over legal cannabis oversight in Illinois pits startup social equity business owners against big multistate operators, and could determine the future regulation of the industry in the state....

People walk through downtown Arlington Heights on Sept. 29, 2021.

Chicago Bears seek to start demolition work on Arlington International Racecourse

April 26, 2024 at 10:18 a.m.

Marking a significant step in the Chicago Bears' proposal to move to Arlington Heights, the team Wednesday filed paperwork to begin demolition of Arlington International Racecourse. The team said the...

Robert Bevis, owner of Law Weapons & Supply, speaks in opposition to Naperville's proposed ban on the sale of assault weapons during a City Council meeting on July 19, 2022.

Supreme Court justice gives Naperville until Monday to respond to challenge of assault weapons ban

May 2, 2023 at 9:03 p.m.

A Supreme Court justice has given the city of Naperville a chance to reply to a challenge to the city and state bans on assault weapons, opening the door to...

‘Touchdown’ group looking to help local businesses and community have win-win with Bears proposed move to Arlington Heights

May 1, 2023 at 7:40 p.m.

A new group backing the Chicago Bears' proposed $5 billion mixed-use megaproject at the site of the former Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights has emerged — as local and...

Clarice Boswell, who received a cochlear implant, is greeted by her oldest child, Connie, at home on April 25, 2023, in Plainfield. Boswell, 84, said she received notable hearing ability after three weeks, which will allow her to hear her youngest daughter Cathy, left, speak during her induction speech at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony on April 29 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Mom of Olympian Cathy Boswell gets hearing implant just in time for daughter’s induction into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

April 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

After she lost her hearing at age 87, Clarice Boswell decided to get a hearing device implanted in her ear. The clock was ticking: She wanted to regain her hearing...

Docenas de migrantes hacen fila para obtener una identificación de la ciudad en Park Community Church, en Chicago, el miércoles 26 de abril de 2023.

Abundan inmigrantes viviendo en estaciones de policía de Chicago, municipalidad, grupos de caridad se apresuran a encontrarles refugio

April 27, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

Dos familias de Venezuela instaladas en sillas de metal en el vestíbulo de la estación de policía del Distrito 16 de Jefferson Park en Chicago el martes, están desesperadas por...

Luisette Kraal, coordinator for Nuevos Vecinos, helps Vanessa Moya Maquilon, left, and Franky Balolles Parras, both Columbian migrants, as they wait to obtain city identifications at Park Community Church in Chicago.

Influx of migrants living at Chicago police stations as city, charity groups scramble to find them shelter

April 27, 2023 at 10:25 a.m.

Two families from Venezuela sat on metal chairs in the lobby of Chicago's Jefferson Park 16th District police station Tuesday, desperate for permanent shelter after spending months walking and taking...

Bears fans line up to enter Soldier Field prior to a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 19, 2021.

Latest Bears stadium legislation would add $3 to ticket prices at Arlington Heights site to help pay off Soldier Field debt

April 26, 2024 at 10:20 a.m.

Tickets to games and other events at the Chicago Bears' proposed Arlington Heights development would come with a $3-per-person tax under legislation filed in the Illinois House on Thursday that...

Michaela Cheairs, 28, from left, daughter Zariyah Cheairs, 7, friend Valerie Shamley, 3, her sister Natalie Shamley, 5, and their mother Nicki Shamley, 38, work in the Heartland Alliance's urban garden during an Earth Day event organized by My Block, My Hood, My City, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on April 22, 2018, in Chicago.

Earth Day activities: Here’s how you can do your part to help the planet

April 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Three years after COVID restrictions began limiting activities, full-fledged Earth Day celebrations are bursting out all over the Chicago area this weekend. Scores of events in the city and suburbs...

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