For such a storied reputation for meatpacking, Chicago isn’t known as a burger town. Sure, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s franchise in the suburbs, but hot dogs and Italian beef ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As students wrap up a two ... Most of Cook and Lake County in Illinois will see one to two inches of snow overnight into Monday. If lake effect snow bands stay in one location ...

In Chicago, 1,081 restaurants opened between January and September last year. That’s less than the 1,321 that opened during the same period in 2023, according to the most recent data available ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) In 2025, almost 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area ...

Microsoft has been working on dynamic animated wallpapers for Windows 11 for a few years, and now a former designer has revealed exactly what they look like. Sergey Kisselev, a former motion ...

SPRINGFIELD – Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight ... Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, told a House committee in April that pregnant women are a good example of who the bill ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

Rep. Will Guzzardi, left, D-Chicago, and Gov. JB Pritzker celebrate after the Illinois House voted on a bill raising statewide minimum wage during session at the State Capitol in Springfield on ...

he said. Ann Lousin, a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, said advisory referendums often don’t translate into actual statutes or amendments. That’s partially because while ...

The Illinois Restaurant Association and some Chicago restaurant owners, as well as servers, have said the city’s new tipped minimum wage rate hurts them and warned that eateries are not fully ...

Here's a full list of Chicago museums offering free days in January, and which ones will have free days on Wednesday, Jan. 1 in the new year. Illinois residents can visit the Art Institute for ...