Experts: Energy policy changes in "big, beautiful bill" will affect consumers, climate
Anyone who has been on the fence about solar energy still has some time to take advantage before the cuts are official at the end of the year.
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Anyone who has been on the fence about solar energy still has some time to take advantage before the cuts are official at the end of the year.
Volunteers spent the day picking up trash, weighing it, and getting it off the beach at 12th Street Beach, in part to keep plastics out of Lake Michigan.
Charles Leto is charged in the shooting this past Thursday evening that killed 15-year-old Marjay Dotson and seriously wounded 14-year-old Jeremy Herred in Douglass Park.
CBS News Chicago has reported on this problem, and it turns out we are not the only ones having a hard time getting answers from the IRS.
Emissions from cars and trucks are among the greatest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area.
Heights Crematory in south suburban Chicago Heights has agreed to shut down permanently and had its license revoked through a consent order, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said.
Administrators at Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital spoke for the first time Wednesday after busted air conditioners forced patients to be transferred for their own safety.
"We're going to see more heat and more humidity, particularly in the Chicagoland area," said Dr. Sheethal Rao, an internal medicine doctor at UI Health.
"As soon as the rule was released, the EPA employees started talking about how terrible this was going to be for the state of Illinois," said Nicole Cantello, president of AFGE Local 704, the union representing EPA workers in the Chicago area.
Gary, Indiana Mayor Eddie Melton has said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion into the U.S. Steel Gary Works.
Despite continuing reports of taxpayers receiving bills from the IRS for taxes they already paid on time, the agency has remained quiet about the problem and when it could be resolved.
CBS News Chicago Investigators has obtained a communication from a child protection judge responding to an ethics complaint for giving gifts to "abused and neglected" foster kids who appear before him.
Auto thefts dropped in 2024, trend appears to be continuing into 2025. But a few new car brands are seeing increases. Police explained why.
The crematory was shut down after the CBS News Chicago Investigators exposed how bodies were being mishandled there.
Some taxpayers who paid their taxes by the April 15 deadlines are getting notices telling them they still owe money, all because of delays with the IRS electronic payment system.
