Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of ...

Now, visitors and passersby can enjoy Blak’s many nods to history, education and Woodlawn along the west-facing wall of the ...

The following is a list of the most-requested ebooks at your local libraries for the week ending Nov. 9. 1. The Wedding People: A Novel, Alison Espach, Macmillan Publishers. 2. Atmosphere, Taylor ...

Last year, 43% of Chicago Public Schools teachers missed 10 or more school days. Statewide, it was 34%. With teacher absences shown to hurt student achievement, Chicago students’ low proficiency rates ...

RACINE — The Racine Public Library Foundation will host its third annual winter fundraiser on Thursday, Dec. 11, offering a night of food, fun, and community support to benefit local library programs.

The city’s proposed 2026 budget would cut CPL’s book-buying budget in half and cut vacant positions that need to be filled. City leaders are scrambling to find ways to fill an over $1 billion budget ...

Melissa Ann Pinney photographed the everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools during a seven-year artist residency. Her series Becoming Themselves portrays students, especially ...

A new funding plan for public transportation surfaced Thursday evening without new taxes on entertainment or package deliveries that were part of previous plans. Instead, the measure would be fueled ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Public Schools board has voted to approve a $175 million pension payment to the city. In a special board meeting Thursday, there was a unanimous vote in favor of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill Friday morning to fill a budget gap for public transit. The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced ...

SPRINGFIELD — With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the predawn hours Friday muscled through a $1.5 billion plan that diverts revenue ...