Don Tracy is an attorney and former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, a position he stepped down from in 2024. He’s running to be the next U.S. Senator from Illinois.

The Chicago Teachers Union intends to launch what amounts to a one-day strike on May 1 and is asking the mayor and school board for their official support so students can miss school to participate.

Six Republican candidates are competing in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate seat opening up for Illinois. In The Loop checks in with three of them as they make their final arguments for why they ...

A couple in Northwest Indiana is dead after a tornado leveled their home this week. Potentially record-sized hail pummeled Kankakee south of Chicago. Here’s what you need to know about this extreme ...

Suburban Batavia, just 30 miles west of Chicago, used to be known as the windmill capital of the world. But eventually, technological advances took the wind out of the industry’s sails. In our last ...

Casey Chlebek has worked in information technology and real estate management and is active in Polish-American groups. He’s running to be the next U.S. Senator from Illinois.

Say More’ listeners give co-host Patrick Smith advice on turning 40 and discuss what decade is or was their favorite to live through.

Marcus Evans Jr. has championed a plan to make Illinois’ shores home to the first offshore wind farm in the Great Lakes. But the effort to bring wind power to Lake Michigan stalled in Springfield.

Chicago, convened a hearing in Chicago on the outlook for Illinois’ cultural sector. As arts leaders advocated for more ...

Congresswoman Kelly has represented the 2nd district, which includes parts of Chicago’s South Side, south suburbs, Kankakee and beyond, since 2013. She’s running to be the next U.S. Senator from ...

Juliana Stratton has served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois since 2019. She wants to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate.

Since late February, hundreds of people have been killed across the region and hundreds of thousands displaced. In the Loop sits down with two Iranian Americans in the Chicago area about their ...