From the 67-foot-tall Norway spruce in Millennium Park to a dizzying number of “Christmas Carol” variations, Chicago’s most festive season has arrived. HOST: LANE

One way the federal government provides affordable housing is by subsidizing rent in buildings owned by private developers.That’s the case at one building complex on Chicago’s South Side, where wealthy out-of-state investors — one of them quite high profile — have collected millions of dollars in rent from the government.But some tenants say conditions there have become deplorable. HOST: LANE

It’s December, so it’s Nutcracker season. Some local groups are presenting the classic holiday ballet with a twist. HOST: LABUZ

In 1972, architect Louis Sullivan’s famed Chicago Stock Exchange Building was demolished to make room for a 44-story office tower. The public was outraged. The move made national headlines and led to the creation of Chicago’s modern preservation movement.BUT in an ironic twist, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks is now considering landmark status for the nondescript office building that replaced Sullivan’s masterpiece - 30 North LaSalle Street.HOST: LANE

With federal immigration enforcement bearing down on Chicago, many feared student attendance would plummet, especially in schools serving mostly Latino children.

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Chicago-area protests over immigration enforcement have quieted some in recent weeks. But many people who were caught up in them are still dealing with criminal cases.One protester was charged with assaulting Gregory Bovino.He’s a U.S. Border Patrol chief who led the Trump administration’s deportation blitz here.Prosecutors eventually dropped the charges — after a video undermined Bovino’s accusations.HOST: LANE

The daughter of Chicago’s longest-serving mayor grew up in the political spotlight.

And while Nora Daley doesn’t work in City Hall, she’s active all around it. She’s a member of several prominent arts boards and the chair of the state arts council.

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Chicago Public Schools has turned to the community to help it with the difficult task of getting children to school, when so many moms and dads feel vulnerable outside their homes.

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Illinois Governor J-B Pritzker and his wife MK recently paid Pope Leo the 14th a visit in Rome. They presented the Chicago-born pontiff with a few Illinois-themed gifts, including a drawing made by a woman incarcerated in a downstate prison.HOST: LANE

With the holiday season it should be a busy time for Chicago’s neighborhood shopping districts. While there’s heavy foot traffic on Michigan Avenue and the Mag Mile – not so in the city’s predominantly Latino areas – with many would-be customers scared off by Operation Midway Blitz. Although Immigration Customs and Enforcement has ramped down its presence in the area – it’s unclear when the crowds will come back.HOST: LANE