By Ezra Kaplan Ride-hailing services like Lyft and Uber have exploded into major metropolitan areas. The services allow non-professional drivers to connect with paying riders
By Emily Hoerner Nearly 27,000 fewer Illinois residents tried for a GED certificate in 2014 than in 2013 after major changes to the high school
By Kate Morrissey Anne K. Ream, a member of Chicago Women Take Action, said none of the mayoral candidates, who spoke at a recent forum
By Ezra Kaplan Traveling artists will have an easier time flying with their musical instruments following a Department of Transportation rule change requiring all airlines
By Rachel White Engaging Millennials in the electoral process has been a difficult task for many candidates running for office. One mayoral candidate has made targeting young
By Margaret Anderson Measles, a disease once eradicated in the United States, but recently emerged at Disneyland, is now in Illinois, the Illinois Department of
By Meredith Wilson The recent study by the Fiscal Futures Project of the University of Illinois dangled the state over a 2016 operating budget deficit
By Yanqing Chen, Ellen Kobe, Meghan Tribe and Andersen Xia Dozens of people lined up at two Chicago-area newsstands hoping to get one of the
By Sarah Kramer The Chicago City Council acted Wednesday to limit the amount of petroleum coke entering the city and set daily storage limits on
By Jin Wu Chicago health care and economic experts said the indirect cost of Ebola is enormous and partnerships between public and private sectors could