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A founding member of Local 880 of the Service Employees International Union, she helped it grow into the largest union local in the Midwest and seventh-largest SEIU local nationally.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

If gas cards and bikes were essential, they would be given away to all who qualify, not just lottery winners.

Rebates to cover their cost were announced Monday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. They also can be used for outdoor motion sensor lighting and GPS trackers for cars.

‘At least some species are nesting as much as 25 days earlier now than . . . in the early 1900s and late 1800s,’ researcher John Bates says.

CHICAGO — In the three days before Lilia had to vacate her basement apartment last summer, she cried herself to sleep each night. Her husband, Cipriano, 70, was in a hospital bed recovering from an emergency amputation of his left foot due to gangrene complications. But their landlords of more…

‘There are very few people in Illinois history that have ever had such a big effect on major projects and issues,’ said Kirk Dillard, who chairs the Regional Transportation Authority.

Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years ago in the Chicago area

Padded clearance stats and stalled court cases do little to boost either public confidence or police morale, as one expert says.

CHICAGO — Shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday in the 6000 block of 159th Street, Oak Forest police responded to a motorist possibly needing assistance, according to a news release from the south suburban police department.

The Chicago ace is expected to undergo surgery on Tuesday.