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Freddy Cazares, who has lived in the United States for over 20 years, meets with his legal team at the Resurrection Project office in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Aug. 6, 2026, to sign documents related to the continuation of his work permit application. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, listens to speakers at a press conference Sept. 8, 2026, in Chicago. Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million in an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax delay. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Cook County awards $191 million in loans to bridge property tax payout gap

Men and women line up along the window of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, with police standing nearby, during the Chicago bank's failure in August 1906. Editor's note: This historic glass plate negative shows handwriting and some damage. (Chicago Daily News/Chicago History Museum)

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Mayor Brandon Johnson joins World Business Chicago on March 2, 2026, to announce the opening of "Theater of the Mind" in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: Our mayor uses ‘corporate’ as a slur. But Chicago’s business community opts for constructive engagement.

Antagonistic mayor or not, Chicago's business community is "going to engage."

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FILE – An election worker reaches for an unopened ballot during sorting at the Clackamas County Elections office, Nov. 7, 2024, in Oregon City, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Lake County official says mail-in voting will proceed as usual

Lake County will continue to accept mail-in ballots for the November general election after the elections office received inquiries about it.

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Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze runs onto the field in before a game against the Giants on Nov. 9, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)

5 things to watch in today’s Chicago Bears home opener — plus our Week 2 predictions

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New food and beverage options for Chicago Bears games this season were on display on Sept. 15, 2026, at Soldier Field.
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Site work is ongoing at the Amazon Web Services development at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street, such as grading of the land, development of temporary buildings used by construction workers and engineers and building of a NIPSCO substation on-site. (Jim Masters/For the Post-Tribune)

Hobart Mayor lauds windfall payments for Amazon data center

Mayor Josh Huddlestun detailed Hobart’s financial windfall and how the “economic impact payments” are being...

Immigration

A woman walks past an apparel store decorated with flags from Latin American countries in the 5900 block of West Fullerton Avenue in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Sept. 17, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago’s Latino population is shifting west, with Belmont Cragin now the city’s largest Latino neighborhood

A new report from UIC confirms that Latinos account for nearly 30% of Chicago's population...

Education

Pictured is the Lincoln Elementary basement in East Chicago. School Board member Pattie Jo Gibson said she took the photo on Aug. 31, after the Aug. 11 storm. (Pattie Jo Gibson/provided)

HVAC issues, flooding keep East Chicago school closed

The timeline for students to return to storm-damaged Lincoln Elementary is mid-to-late October, School City...

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Kyle Bickham, 29, was fatally pushed out of a Chicago Transit Authority train car on Sept. 7. Two teens have been charged so far with his death. (Christopher Bickham Sr.)

Prosecutors: Argument, spit led to fatal push from moving Red Line train

A second teen has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a man...

Environment

Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Experts: Federal energy regulatory actions will impact NWI

The EPA announced a repeal of greenhouse gas emissions requirements for power plants, while a...

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Oktoberfest 2026 guide: 28 Chicagoland celebrations

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Investigations

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

History

Dick Butkus (51) leads the defensive charge which turned into a 17-15 triumph over the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Chicago Bears' first game at Soldier Field on Sept. 19, 1971. (Ray Gora/Chicago Tribune)

Today in Chicago History: After five decades at Wrigley Field, Bears play first home game at Soldier Field

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East Aurora's Jeremiah Jackson (6) carries the ball for a TD as Larkin’s Nolan Sulejmani (27) tries to defend during an Upstate Eight Conference game in Aurora on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)

East Aurora’s Jeremiah Jackson shoulders the load in the backfield and at defensive tackle: ‘He’s a disruptor’

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