1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (494+ words) Lynn Karsvaek came all the way from Hoffman Estates to attend the Aurora Pride Parade on Sunday. "This is important because people need to show they are supportive and everyone is welcome," Karsvaek said at the event in downtown Aurora....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (671+ words) The Venue, a live music and performance room at 21 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora, has announced it will celebrate its seventh birthday with two outdoor shows at the end of June. The concerts will be held rain or shine at adjacent…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (701+ words) After federal law legalized hemp in 2018, Samuel Wilson co-founded Prohibition THCafe, which sells hemp-derived THC-infused edibles and beverages on the Near South Side. For the informal 420 cannabis holiday on April 20, the cafe partnered with Harold's Chicken to sell infused wings,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1741+ words) The Prairie State's political arena has always been the place for civil debate " and violent confrontation " for rights. For the third installment of "Illinois 250," we look at what the Chicago area and the state of Illinois have offered up to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1409+ words) Five years after Illinois joined other states in allowing politicians to use campaign funds for childcare, a handful of state lawmakers from Chicago have become some of the nation's biggest users of laws designed to encourage parents " particularly mothers of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (499+ words) A bill aimed at strengthening protections for vulnerable adults under guardianship gained approval from Illinois lawmakers six months after a Tribune investigation revealed troubling consequences of area hospitals" use of guardianship. If signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, the…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1715+ words) Aurora students walked out of school on Friday in protest of the Trump administration's continued mass deportation campaign, the second walkout staged by the city's students this week and the third in two weeks. The Aurora Police Department estimates that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1013+ words) When Libby Bower decided she was ready to leave her job in social work and youth development, it was the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. After applying for numerous jobs, she received a callback from Davey Tree Expert Co. " an…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (742+ words) A political dinner that had been scheduled for Thursday in the northwest suburbs to benefit Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey was postponed after the Tribune raised questions about whether the event complied with a 4-year-old Illinois law prohibiting candidates from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (683+ words) WASHINGTON " Illinois Democratic Party officials came to the nation's capital Wednesday to argue that the state's diversity, its record of enacting Democratic priorities and its experience fighting the Trump administration should put it at the front of the line in…...