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During the first City Council meeting since her “State of the City” address, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday introduced a zoning ordinance that would ban recreational marijuana...

Father Pfleger on next week’s gun march in D.C. The new owner of the Chicago Fire. A preview of the Bears vs. Redskins matchup. And the “Downton Abbey” star taking the stage in Chicago...

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General Iron is on the move. Debating reparations in City Council. The top business headlines from Crain’s. Sacred stained glass. And getting into – and paying for – college.

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Political heavyweight Anne Burke is elevated to chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court as her husband, Ald. Ed Burke, faces 14 federal corruption charges. Cook County Clerk Karen...

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