Cook County is considering whether to include Chicago Public Schools in an interest-free loan program so the school system can avoid some costs because of late-landing property taxes.

Chicago Public School leaders said they plan to lay off 761 teachers and 801 teaching assistants as they unveiled their 2026-27 school year budget.

Aldermen approved a plan Wednesday to spend $425 million in taxpayer money to spark development at The 78, the barren downtown lot where the Chicago Fire are building a soccer stadium.

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was singled out by a Republican senator on Wednesday as someone who should not be put in “charge of a ham sandwich” during acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best.”

Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration “absolutely” mishandled the communications surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Echoing a move by the Lake County Council a day earlier, the Lake County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Wednesday in support of the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 amid the lockout from the BP Whiting Refinery.

More than 50 people talked about how an ordinance allowing a data center at Kenmara Technology Park would impact local residents at Tuesday’s Munster Plan Commission meeting.