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Evanston Mayor Stephen H. Hagerty on Wednesday swore in Erika Storlie as the north suburban city's ninth city manager, while also announcing that he himself will not be running for reelection.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Far South Side Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), often at odds on most issues, were all smiles on Wednesday as they celebrated the opening of a new Amazon distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood.
A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed Biden with a 5-point lead over Trump among likely voters, 48% to 43%. Since May, Biden has held a 5-point lead over Trump, plus or minus 1 point, in the poll.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday said she was "very concerned" about Gov. JB Pritzker's decision to ban indoor dining in Chicago due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
President Donald Trump's lenders have forgiven around $287 million in debt that he didn't pay back, and most of it was related to Chicago's Trump Tower, according to a New York Times report released Tuesday.
There are growing concerns about voting in Wisconsin, a key swing state.
The law prohibits anyone other than a county election board, which oversee voting matters, from requesting court orders to extend voting hours.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Wisconsin cannot count mailed-in ballots received after Election Day, siding with Republicans.
The U.S. Senate on Monday evening confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with just days to go before Election Day.
Plugging the city's $1.2 billion budget hole is now in the hands of Chicago aldermen, and there are tough questions about it – including the prospect of new taxes aimed at you that will hit people who live and visit the city.
Latinx leaders in Chicago made a final push Sunday to get out the vote with a special appeal to members of the LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.
"Some of those locations, when they remain open, when they don't follow the rules, they are, in fact, helping to communicate this virus to many other people."
The Chicago Teaches Union is accusing Chicago Public Schools officials of illegally refusing to bargain over plans for how and when to safely reopen schools, and the union is seeking an injunction to block CPS from moving forward with any reopening efforts.
In their final debate on Thursday night, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden differed sharply on who and what is to blame for the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are meeting Thursday night in Nashville for their second and final debate.
