Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

While Pritzker never said his proclamation was a joke, it was likely in jest of President Trump's Executive Order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. However, the lake was named "Lac ...

As lawmakers return to Springfield for a new legislative ... Josh Bandoch, Ph.D., is head of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute. The views and opinions expressed by contributors are their ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state’s long struggling job market. “I’m a small business ...

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To the west, the Palisades Fire created a scar in the hillside where the upscale enclave offered postcard-perfect views of the Pacific Ocean. Driven by an extreme autumn drought and fierce Santa ...

To the west, the Palisades Fire created a scar in the hillside where the upscale enclave offered postcard-perfect views of the Pacific Ocean. Since the two fires broke out on Jan. 7, they have ...

The Illinois Aviation Academy, operated by Chicago-based Spartan Education Group, on Jan. 18, celebrated the opening of the FAA-approved satellite location at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport.