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Ten years ago, Congress authorized a study on how to keep Asian carp and other invasive species out of the Great lakes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with the job of conducting the...

Every two years Cirque du Soleil returns to Chicago with a new show that combines imagination with spectacle. The French Canadian circus rolled into town last month and raised its giant tent in the...

The tumult, fickle budgeting and unceasing gridlock that encapsulated Illinois for years appears to be nearing its end, as the Illinois Senate on Tuesday passed a new education funding measure that...

A day of drama in the Illinois House ended Monday night with a passage of bipartisan education funding legislation that’s being hailed as “historic.”

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After 25 years in Chicago sports radio, Mike North is retiring. He is leaving sports broadcasting and will live part-time in Las Vegas, with plans to be a pitchman for a product called Light Keeper...

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It has been nearly 120 years since the Sanitary District of Chicago reversed the flow of the Chicago River. The agency, now called the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, is still engineering...

For days, parts of Texas have been slammed by massive rain and flooding caused by Harvey, a hurricane-turned-tropical storm that made landfall Friday.

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Prior to running for and then winning the presidency, Donald Trump spent decades cultivating his image in the media.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s communications staffers resign over the mishandling of a controversial political cartoon. Legislative leaders reach a tentative deal on school funding. Former New York Mayor...