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The second annual Brilliance and Excellence march against violence will be held Saturday, June 8 at Madison and Kilpatrick on Chicago's West Side.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his fellow Illinois Democrats approved more than $150 million in the current state budget for local projects hand-picked by their party, a power play over Republicans that is unusual in scope and secrecy even in the history of Springfield’s chronic partisan gamesmanship. In a state known for negotiating local pork-barrel project funds in at least somewhat of a bipartisan ...

Ahead of the July 4 weekend, one of Mayor Brandon Johnson's focuses continues to be on how to better engage youth as a way to prevent violence.

In all, nine adults and six juveniles were arrested in connection with the unrest, which included crowds of young people jumping on CTA buses and fighting, prompting police officials to decry groups “engaging in reckless and disruptive behavior putting themselves and the public at risk for harm.”

Cities around the US are exploring a variety of measures to combat gun violence, but should juvenile curfews be one of them?

"Our boys and our young men of color have goals, dreams and aspirations. They don't want to die as a gunshot victim."

A Chicago mother is mourning the loss of her son, who was gunned down right in the middle of one of the city's biggest tourist attractions.

With her son’s death in the heart of Chicago still roiling the city, Seandell Holliday’s mother said she didn’t give the 16-year-old permission to go downtown before he was fatally shot near The Bean Saturday night.

A Chicago mother is mourning the loss of her son, who was gunned down right in the middle of one of the city's biggest tourist attractions.

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