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Dozens of Border Patrol agents are no longer roaming Chicago neighborhoods. Enforcement has grown quieter and less visible, but arrests continue. And the fear that took hold in immigrant communities last fall… hasn’t gone away. Some are completely

Four years ago, billionaire businessman Michael Sacks wrote a $200,000 check to Brandon Johnson’s inaugural committee and went to see the mayor-elect to help him set up his administration. When Johnson launched his campaign for a second term last mont

Each year, Chicago Fashion Week stages creations by local designers through a series of events and runway shows. But for the first time, one of its shows celebrated work created by a cast of all openly LGBTQ plus designers. HOST: LANE

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is laying out his $17-point-6 billion dollar budget proposal. The plan resurrects Johnson’s failed corporate head tax from last year in an attempt to close the city’s $882 million dollar budget gap. The spending plan al

Election day is fast approaching. And Illinois voters are being asked to fill the open U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Senator Dick Durbin. In the only face-to-face showdown of the campaign, Democrat Juliana Stratton and Republican Don Tracy face