Chicago Public Media announces new leadership appointments
Tracy Brown appointed Chief Partnerships Officer, Jenn Kho appointed Interim Editor-in-Chief, Gilbert Bailon appointed Executive Editor, News Platforms ...
With Chicago's mass transit system on the fiscal precipice, what solutions are on the table?
State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit as they discuss two bills to either merge the agencies or ...
3 hurt in chain-reaction, 3-vehicle wreck on South Side
Two of the drivers involved in the crash were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where they were being treated ...
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Layoffs still on the table as Sun-Times, WBEZ buyout deadline passes
Certain Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ employees had until yesterday afternoon to accept a buyout offer, and it appears the company met its initial target of cutting $3 million to $5 million from the ...
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Snow, wintry weather move in as tornadoes, dust blow out of town
After mild weather Friday and Saturday, temperatures in Chicago are expected to plunge Sunday into the high 30s and upper 40s, with some accumulating snow possible. Pat Nabong / Sun-Times Share ...
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Chicago Sun-Times editorial page editor leaving as buyout deadline looms
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Page Editor Lorraine Forte is taking a buyout offer as the deadline for Chicago Public Media employees to voluntarily leave the struggling nonprofit nears. Forte ...
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Education Department lays off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photos Share WASHINGTON — At least 50 employees are leaving the Chicago office of the U.S. Department of Education, nearly all through layoffs announced by the Trump ...
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Labor pushes transit bill to empower RTA over CTA, Metra, Pace
Labor leaders argued for their state bill to transform Chicago-area transit on Tuesday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Labor leaders say their vision for transit reform can save union jobs and ...
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Despite tourist shooting, Johnson nixes 8 p.m. curfew for minors downtown
Chicago police officers patrol near Millennium Park in April 2023. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday left no doubt he remains opposed to a downtown ...
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Cubs set Tokyo Series travel roster; Matt Shaw expected to debut in Japan
John Antonoff/For the Sun-Times Share MESA, Ariz. — Top Cubs prospect Matt Shaw is in line to make his major-league debut under the lights at the Tokyo Dome. He was careful not to make any such ...
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No one builds mediocrity better than Bulls exec Arturas Karnisovas
Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas wants to bring a title back to Chicago, but does he understand how to do that? It doesn’t feel like he does. Michael Reaves/Getty ...
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Chicago's ex-police oversight chief slams push to fire her as 'inherently unfair'
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Weeks after Chicago’s police oversight chief learned she was facing a vote that could’ve led to her firing, she sent a scathing letter accusing a ...