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Parents and faculty say the policy limits what teachers can talk about and makes it harder to show students how to be good community members. But Lab School administrators say the “viewpoint-neutral” model is more aligned with the school’s values.
Access to mifepristone via telehealth and through the mail is likely to remain uninterrupted into next year at least as the case plays out, including a potential appeal to the high court.
From becoming the youngest Black woman to be elected to Congress in 2018 to serving as a recruitment co-chair for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Underwood, 39, continues to boost her profile as a Democratic power player.
The revocation program will soon be expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support, the State Department said.
The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. It’s estimated that more than 52,000 people will die from it this year, accounting for 8% of all cancer deaths, according to the National Cancer Institute. Drug-maker Revolution Medicines released promising late-stage clinical trial results in April for patients with pancreatic cancer that had spread to other parts of the body.
About 120,000 people statewide are expected to lose SNAP food support starting in May because of President Donald Trump’s expanded work and volunteer rules.
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon said on Wednesday that a proposed state constitutional amendment on redistricting will not advance this legislative session so that legal experts can review the ruling and evaluate the best response for Illinois.
The justices heard arguments over whether the Trump administration can quickly end temporary protected status, or TPS, for people from Syria and Haiti. Chicago advocates say this could put them at risk of losing jobs and family stability.
Families hoping to bring their spouses or other relatives to the United States are caught in a legal limbo that began in January, when the Trump administration paused immigrant visas for 75 countries.
Thousands of Illinois residents are expected to lose access to the federal food program starting in May due to newly expanded work rules. Business owners fear a loss of revenue.
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, his administration’s deportation efforts and U.S. support of Israel’s attacks in Gaza have turned the tax season’s familiar 1040 into a new form of civil disobedience.
Premiums haven’t skyrocketed since federal tax subsidies expired in December. But experts say it’s still early. And providers worry increased health care costs also could drive up insurance rates.
The Chicago-Naperville area was graded “F,” as more than 2 million Illinois children experienced unhealthy air, according to the annual “State of the Air” report by the American Lung Association.
Martinez described being shot five times by a federal agent Oct. 4 in Brighton Park and also called for federal immigration agents and Trump administration officials to be held accountable.
On the final day of the Power Rising Summit in Chicago, Harris talked about her listening tour across the South and urged Black women to be transactional voters ahead of the midterm elections and 2028 presidential election.
While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the west suburb was stuck with bills for nearly $400,000.
In TV appearances, podcasts and op-eds, the former mayor is spreading the message that Democrats need a big change and a new agenda to win back the White House.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Monday his agency needs to “focus on cities that want to work with us.” DHS is under its longest shutdown over a dispute about funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Michael Kovco is accused of sending a message through the White House website, threatening President Trump and one of Trump’s sons — then using that same website to threaten the Secret Service agent who came to his home to investigate the first threat.
The $4,500 city grants are meant to support small businesses and community groups struggling after the federal deportation campaign and cuts to food assistance under the Trump administration.
Democrats punted on taking a position on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s influence on Democratic primaries — instead opting to support a blanket resolution condemning dark money. AIPAC spent nearly $14 million on Illinois primary races.
Refugees and people granted asylum in the U.S. will join thousands of others in Illinois expected to lose their food assistance starting this spring as the Trump administration’s tax and spending bill goes into effect.
Lighthouses were manned by keepers until automation took over. Now, preservationists are working to restore Chicago’s most iconic one.
Bondi’s departure ends the contentious tenure of a Trump loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House.
The Supreme Court took up one of the term’s most consequential cases, President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, concluded the National Trust for Historic Preservation is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims because “no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have.”
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”
The number of Latinos with HIV or AIDS in Chicago grew nearly 17% between 2020 to 2024 while other racial groups saw a drop, according to city data. This comes as public health faces a funding crunch.
With pressure mounting, the White House had floated the extraordinary move of invoking a national emergency to pay TSA agents, while senators were reviewing a “last and final” offer from Republicans to Democrats to end the funding impasse at the Department of Homeland Security.