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The Better Government Association published a policy statement Friday renewing its call for the City Council to shed its reputation as a rubber stamp for Chicago mayors.

The Houston Texans take on the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. @AlyssaBarbieri from the Bears Wire previews the inter-conference matchup.

A blast in Austin tears through an apartment building, pieces of history arrive at the Field Museum, Chicagoans rock out at Riot Fest and more in our best unseen photos of the week.

GOP defends push that rights groups denounce as political stunt ahead of midterm elections. What exactly is going on?

On May 31, 2020 — six days after Floyd died — dozens of protesters were pushed and hit with batons as officers struggled with two people in the 400 block of North Clark Street, according to a report released publicly Thursday.

The cause of the blast was determined to be the “ignition of natural gas,” fire officials said.

The boy was shot in the 4800 block of South Honore Street.

As I noted yesterday, I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions, but I passed along two commentaries from top scholars on the subject, one entirely critical from Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago) and one that's mostly critical from Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota). I thought I'd also pass…

Former Bears HC Lovie Smith makes his return to Soldier Field on Sunday when Chicago hosts the Texans.

Chicago performer Corky Siegel said, “I think he was just the greatest in the Chicago folk scene.” He later reinvented himself, writing and performing in one-man plays about Mark Twain.

Since 2015, the Chicago Police Department has shut down at least 58 businesses, most on the South Side and West Side, after shootings at or near their premises even as violence surged downtown.