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Welcome to the first day of the year. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date?

Email us. 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation took effect. 1873: Chicago Public Library opened its doors at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets in a circular water tank that survived ...

Mr. Biggs is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst. Mayor Brandon Johnson is the latest leader ...

Genevieve Bookwalter/Sun-Times Share The Edgewater branch of Chicago Public Library no longer wears sad beige after a colorful mural — covering almost the entire facade — was installed this fall.

Meanwhile, Johnson worked for months to force Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez out of his post, installing an entire school board that voted Dec. 21 to fire him — before the city’s ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has made increasing funding for public education his cornerstone issue. Last spring, he asked Springfield for $1 billion to help “fully fund” Chicago Public Schools.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday accused Chicago Public Schools officials of purposely slowing down contract negotiations. CPS denied doing any such thing—insisting it is ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates announced progress in the union's contract negotiations after a setback in court on Tuesday. "It's a lot of noise out here, but ...

Chicago’s real estate portfolio is massive. It includes 98 fire stations, 81 library locations, 25 police stations and two of the largest water treatment plants on the planet — in all ...

On Friday Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board voted 6-0 to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez without cause to jam through a new contract for the Chicago Teachers Union ...