More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ci...

* Crain’s… The Department of Homeland Security says it has begun an immigration-enforcement crackdown in Chicago that it’s calling “Operation Midway Blitz.” A statement from DHS was short on details about the enforcement action, which has been expected for weeks as the agency began mobilizing agents here, but took aim at Gov. JB Pritzker, the state and [...]

As part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to eliminate zoning rules that block new home construction, the city joins a national parking policy reform movement.