COVID-19 money was supposed to go to one-time expenses, not to adding positions and programs that would continue long after the aid was gone.

Ezike, a regular face on Illinois TV screens in the worst days of the pandemic, acknowledged she violated the state's "revolving door" ethics law when she took the job as CEO of Sinai Chicago in 2022,

Total funding for Chicago startups was $2.5 billion last year, up 3% from 2023, research firm PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association say. But the number of deals was down 11% to 317 and well off the recent peak of 481 investments in 2021.

A record share of U.S. companies in China are accelerating plans to relocate manufacturing or sourcing, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

Carter’s resignation comes as a debate brews in Springfield about whether to combine the CTA with Metra, Pace and the Regional Transportation Authority.

The average driver lost $771 in time and productivity due to traffic jams in 2024, a transportation analyst at INRIX told Newsweek. INRIX, a global transportation data and analytics leader, released its 2024 global traffic scorecard, identifying and ranking congestion trends in nearly 1,000 cities across 37 countries.

The city’s cultural arts department increased grants to artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with an arts economy in flux, close observers are wondering what the future holds.

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023.

People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic

Illinois had at least 103 outbreaks of the stomach bug norovirus in November and December – a dramatic increase from previous years, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois business are no longer allowed to pay employees with disabilities sub-minimum wages under the ‘Dignity in Pay Act’ signed into law Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker.

Suburban office landlords saw signs last year that their long nightmare of watching companies shed office space was nearing an end. New numbers suggest they're not ready to wake up yet. The office vacancy rate across the Chicago suburbs ended 2024 at a new record-high 32%,