The museum is celebrating its own history as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere by preparing for its centennial celebration in 2030.

Some SNAP funds will be released as the government shutdown drags on. And meet the Adler Planetarium’s new president.

The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month.

This year, Heitz is confident the team picked a beaut that checks all the right boxes: a 6-ton Norway spruce donated by the ...

State lawmakers ride to the rescue for Chicago-area public transit. And federal prosecutors file charges against anti-immigration enforcement protesters.

Chicago has a number of towering timekeepers, some of them works of art, some of them landmarks, and all of them a reminder that time never stands still.

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis had ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom every weekday at 6 p.m. to recap the events of the day and inform her of any use of force.

The program serves about one in eight Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. Word in October that ...

The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member ...

Doctors prescribe prazosin, which relaxes blood vessels, to help lower blood pressure. It also is sometimes prescribed for ...

A West Side resident, Remel Terry has been a member of the commission, better known as the CCPSA, since it was launched in ...

State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously ...