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One of the first organizations in the country dedicated to helping women start their own companies is right here in Chicago.

With Election Day just eight days away, the Chicago Board of Elections is urging voters to submit their mail-in ballots to help expedite the counting process.

Polling data continues to show a tight race between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson in the battle to become Chicago’s next mayor, with Vallas holding a slim lead in a new survey released this week.

Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson continue to vie for endorsements from political leaders across the city and the country with the election less than two weeks away, with some eye-popping names lending their support to the campaigns.

The new General Assembly has been busy in Springfield this term, introducing a slew of bills that could make some significant changes in the public health sphere and other areas.

A CTA worker was charged Monday with beating a man who was found dead this weekend at a downtown subway station.

Country music fans will have an opportunity to see some of the hottest acts in the industry this summer at the annual Windy City Smokeout, but organizers say that tickets to the event are going fast.

Two lottery players hit all five numbers – 1-5-21-25-41 – in Sunday’s Lucky Day Lotto drawing, winning $550,000 each, according to a press release from the Illinois Lottery.

The Chicago Cubs are still working to finalize their Opening Day roster, and while theyve already made several key decisions, there are still a few that will need to be made in the coming days. Here’s where we feel like things stand.

Bears GM Ryan Poles has already signed some significant free agent contracts, and traded for DJ Moore, but they need to spend even more cash in 2023.

Anytime a star quarterback changes teams, there are seismic implications across the NFL.

A Highland Park mother who was present at last summer’s Fourth of July parade mass shooting addressed reporters on the scene of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a school in Nashville, pleading for lawmakers to pass gun safety laws in hope of reducing mass shootings.

Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a five-planet hangout: Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will all line up near the moon. And in the Chicago area, it may just be clear enough to see the parade at its peak.