One reason governments use tariffs is to protect domestic industries. However, tariffs can have downsides, including reducing the purchasing power of consumers.

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) held walk-ins at schools across the city on Tuesday morning to highlight the need for protection from the White House. Parents, teachers and elected ...

Current laws “would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,” a ...

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) was kicked out of the committee hearing Tuesday after colleagues believed he called Ald. Bill Conway (34th) a white supremacist. Also Tuesday, alderpeople discussed a ...

If the student is caught vaping, what benefit to the student is there to have the student get a ticket? The benefit is ...

President Donald Trump has eyed the facility as a holding center and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is setting up a potential showdown with Congress over Chicago's Sanctuary City Law.

The order, issued in a U.S. Department of Transportation memo late last week, calls on the department to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.

President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports is likely to drive up the cost of generic drugs in the United States and exacerbate drug shortages, experts say. About ...

Learn about the origins of Black History Month and find out how to celebrate in Chicago with museums, events, businesses, and more.