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Jan 22, 2026
A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors said the assailants watched the judge and his girlfriend for days before shooting and killing him in a robbery attempt.
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Jan 22, 2026
A 17-year-old boy was wounded Wednesday night in a shooting on the Far South Side in the Riverdale neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 22, 2026
A $5.9 million transformation of the library on the Des Plaines campus of Oakton College into a learning commons opened to students Tuesday, providing more inviting study spaces, collaboration rooms and a one-stop hub for academic support services. The Des Plaines Campus Learning Commons, at 1600 Golf Road in Des Plaines, brings together library services, […]
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Jan 22, 2026
By EMILIE MEGNIEN and SEAN MURPHY ATLANTA (AP) — Bags of ice-thwarting salt aren't usually a hot item at Bates Ace Hardware in Atlanta, but store manager Lewis Pane sold all 275 he had in stock in one morning as residents braced for a major storm to deliver heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain on […]
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Jan 22, 2026
The most stark example of this shift has been Trump's threat to take over Greenland, dismissing the nation as a large "piece of ice" as he demanded that Denmark cede control to the U.S., a move that could have caused NATO to rupture.
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Jan 22, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Board of Peace to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, insisting that "everyone wants to be a part" of the body that could eventually rival the United Nations — despite many U.S. allies opting not to participate.
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Jan 22, 2026
After less than a day of evidence, jurors will likely begin deliberating Thursday in the fast-moving trial of a man accused of putting a gang-related bounty on the head of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
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Jan 22, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 22, 2026
Culture Night at Oak Lawn Community High School featured students from Egyptian, Sudanese and Syrian backgrounds and raised money for refugees.
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Jan 22, 2026
The most severe stretch will occur Thursday night into Friday morning, with possible wind chills up to minus 35; subzero temps are also forecast through Sunday.
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Jan 22, 2026
On Jan. 22, 1998, Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, California, to being the "Unabomber" responsible for three deaths and 23 injuries in a mail-bombing campaign. In return for the pleas in federal court, he received a sentence of life in prison without parole.
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Jan 22, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 22, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 21, 2026
The Illinois Department of Human Rights on Wednesday filed a housing discrimination charge against the owner and management of 7500 South Shore Drive.
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Jan 21, 2026
A former police officer was acquitted Wednesday evening of charges he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school during the critical opening minutes of what would become one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
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Jan 21, 2026
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel chafed at the idea a teachers' strike and blowback to his closing of schools during his tenure would dampen enthusiasm for his future educational plans.
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Jan 21, 2026
Joseph Haggerty's conviction for threatening Republican Sen. Andrew Chesney of Freeport comes amid growing concerns Republicans and Democrats have been subjected to violence and threats.
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Jan 21, 2026
A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Jan 21, 2026
The River Forest Education Association says it is preparing for a teachers strike, citing District 90's unwillingness to negotiate.
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Jan 21, 2026
The motion to suspend consideration of the ordinance that would give a special use permit to Reconstruct Aggregates Inc. was unanimously approved.
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Jan 21, 2026
A split state Senate voted 28-19 Tuesday to advance a bill establishing a "bell to bell" student cell phone ban despite skepticism at its enforcement capabilities and safety concerns.
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Jan 21, 2026
Timothy Anderson told a court Wednesday he was reluctant to speak of his grief over his daughter Sara's overdose death.
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Jan 21, 2026
The report claims the future of the region's steelmaking is in jeopardy and modernization would benefit the industry and public health.
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Jan 21, 2026
A Cook County judge denied Keith Pekau's request to dismiss an order requiring him to remove confidential information from his blog.
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Jan 21, 2026
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press,
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Jan 21, 2026
The city of Aurora has announced it will be launching a new center that will offer job training in clean energy-related fields though a partnership with two educational organizations.
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Jan 21, 2026
The Trump administration is now targeting its mass deportation campaign on Maine, a state with relatively few residents in the United States illegally but a notable presence of African refugees in its largest cities.
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Jan 21, 2026
Antoine Lyons, 40, of Gary, is charged with nine felonies, including attempted murder and one misdemeanor. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Jan 21, 2026
Andre Richmond, 32, was charged with criminal sexual assault involving two students a year after his brother, teacher Aaron Richmond.
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Jan 21, 2026
Will County Judge Brian Barrett dismissed the forfeiture case against two New Lenox business owners and said the case had no merit.
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Jan 21, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 21, 2026
The ban does not outlaw hemp topicals, beverages or animal products. And it allows affected products to continue to be sold in state-licensed marijuana dispensaries.
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Jan 21, 2026
The bill makes changes to state code about how permits to nuclear-powered generating facilities and fuel processing plants are issued.
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Jan 21, 2026
About a month before Kejuan Patton's death, he allegedly helped beat up Jami Long and take his gun. Then, during a chance encounter at a Little Caesar's in Gary on June 14, 2024, Long gunned down Patton, 26, of Gary, in retaliation, court documents allege.
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Jan 21, 2026
The government's star witness in the case against alleged extortionist Jawad Fakroune, took the stand Wednesday to describe threads made against him over an outstanding restaurant debt.
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Jan 21, 2026
Citing an increased demand for "permanent birth control" since the US Supreme Court overturned abortion access across the country, Planned Parenthood of Michigan will now offer vasectomy services to its patients.
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Jan 21, 2026
The new downtown plaza is set to include things like a public restroom facility and seating, officials said.
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Jan 21, 2026
An Indiana House bill banning gratuities for public officials, which was drafted in response to the ongoing federal case against former Portage Mayor James Snyder, unanimously passed out of the House Courts and Criminal Code committee on Wednesday.
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Jan 21, 2026
Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the report by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg.
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Jan 21, 2026
New campaign commercial for Melissa Conyears-Ervin is technically for state central committeewoman spot, allowing her to boost her congressional bid to replace U.S. Rep. Danny Davis with state campaign funds.
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Jan 21, 2026
A bill banning ranked choice voting in Indiana, which the state doesn't utilize as a voting method, passed out of the Senate Tuesday.
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Jan 21, 2026
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Jan 21, 2026
A federal jury is expected to hear testimony Wednesday from a government informant who said a Chicago man passed along a bounty from the Latin Kings street gang calling for the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino at the height of Operation Midway Blitz.
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Jan 21, 2026
Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
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Jan 21, 2026
As confrontations with federal officers over their massive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, legal battles over the surge and the local response were also intensifying.
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Jan 21, 2026
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified Wednesday in his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail and disputed suggestions he was cozy with journalists who covered the royal family or that his friends dished dirt about him to the tabloids.
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Jan 21, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 21, 2026
President Donald Trump is set to address the World Economic Forum, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies.
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Jan 21, 2026
President Donald Trump insisted that he wants to "get Greenland, including right, title and ownership," but said he would not use force to do so.
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Jan 21, 2026
McClure Junior High in Western Springs renovated its fitness room thanks to the Western Springs Foundation of Educational Excellence.
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Jan 21, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker's office signed a new $25,000 contract late last month with an outside attorney to continue advising the administration in negotiations with the Chicago Bears.
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Jan 21, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 21, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 21, 2026
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2026. There are 344 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 21, 2017, a day after Donald Trump's first presidential inauguration, an estimated 3 million to 5 million people rallied at Women's March demonstrations across the U.S. to support civil rights and to protest […]
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Jan 20, 2026
President Donald Trump wanted to recap his first year back in office. And it felt like he wanted to spend the next year doing it.
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Jan 20, 2026
Valentino Garavani's death cast a long shadow over the opening day of Paris Fashion Week menswear Tuesday, with front-row guests and industry figures mourning the passing of one of the last towering names of 20th-century couture.
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Jan 20, 2026
The first 365 days of the second Republican Trump administration have had a seismic impact on Illinois, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul said.
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Jan 20, 2026
Prosecutors on Tuesday argued that Jawad Fakroune's alleged attack on Adolfo Garcia in the back room of Garcia's now-shuttered martini and oyster joint Yours Truly went way beyond the occasionally cutthroat interactions that can characterize the seedier side of the city's restaurant scene and the people who make their living by it.
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Jan 20, 2026
Ted Dabrowski was also critical of GOP rival Darren Bailey's loss four years ago to Pritzker, saying of the downstate farmer and former lawmaker: "I don't think Darren understood how to handle or understands how to handle up here."
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Jan 20, 2026
After a daylong process that took place partially out of public earshot, a jury was selected Tuesday in the trial of a Chicago man accused of passing along a gang bounty allegedly placed on the head of controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
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Jan 20, 2026
U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the South American country's oil.
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Jan 20, 2026
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after President Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland.
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Jan 20, 2026
Netflix is now offering to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming business in all cash.
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Jan 20, 2026
A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
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Jan 20, 2026
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post on Tuesday.
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Jan 20, 2026
Experts fear the vaccine-preventable measles virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.
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Jan 20, 2026
They chanted "no hate no fear immigrants are welcome here" as wind chills dipped below zero throughout the afternoon.
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Jan 20, 2026
Indiana Senate Democrats filed six amendments Tuesday bill aimed at tackling welfare fraud, which is a Senate Republican priority, but all of their amendments failed.
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Jan 20, 2026
A Beckham family falling-out has spilled into public view in a series of social media posts from Brooklyn Beckham alleging that his parents David and Victoria Beckham have tried to sabotage his marriage.
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Jan 20, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will forgo potentially purchasing the meters from the private company Chicago Parking Meters, saying the price would be too steep.
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Jan 20, 2026
House Bill 1001, addressing housing matters and a Republican priority, passed out of the House Local Government Committee in a 7-3 vote.
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Jan 20, 2026
He worked as an artist across the fields of poetry, oil painting, music and writing, but began his career as a reporter for the Southtown Economist.
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Jan 20, 2026
Seven people were shot and killed across the city in less than 18 hours Sunday, marking just the fourth January day to see that figure since 1991.
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Jan 20, 2026
The utilities, energy and telecommunications committee heard various amendments to House Bill 1002 — one of the priority bills.
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Jan 20, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 20, 2026
Former Evanston-Skokie D65 school superintendent Devon Horton has been arrested in Georgia on a domestic charge, per police.
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Jan 20, 2026
During a police standoff, Charles Joseph Murphy allegedly posted on Facebook he put propane tanks by the door and turned on the gas stove.
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Jan 20, 2026
The Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee passed multiple bills to the Senate floor, which will be heard at a later date.
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Jan 20, 2026
A$AP Rocky has announced dates for his "Don't Be Dumb World Tour," launching May 27 in Chicago. The 42-date tour, promoted by Live Nation, crosses North America and Europe before concluding in Paris in September.
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Jan 20, 2026
A federal judge set a March 10 date to hand down a sentence for former Portage Mayor James Snyder on his tax charge conviction.
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Jan 20, 2026
The Trump administration is urging a judge to reject efforts by Minnesota and its largest cities to stop the immigration enforcement surge that has roiled Minneapolis and St. Paul for weeks.
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Jan 20, 2026
Prosecutors on Tuesday rested in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer after more than a week of presenting a case to jurors that he failed in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack.
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Jan 20, 2026
Wind chills of 10 degrees below to 15 degrees below zero will continue throughout the mid-morning.
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Jan 20, 2026
Two recent deaths at Chicago-area nursing homes highlight problem of poor care, difficulty in holding those responsible accountable, advocates say.
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Jan 20, 2026
Three firefighters are among four people injured at a Monday evening fire at an apartment building in the West Town neighborhood.
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Jan 20, 2026
Three firefighters are among four people injured at a Monday evening fire at an apartment building in the West Town neighborhood.
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Jan 20, 2026
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Jan. 18, 2026.
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Jan 20, 2026
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Jan 20, 2026
Plans for an Amazon development at 159th Street and La Grange Road in Orland Park include extending Ravinia Avenue to 161st Street
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Jan 20, 2026
U.S. Geological Survey officials reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened overnight near Ohlman in central Illinois.
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Jan 20, 2026
The European Union's top official on Tuesday described U.S. President Donald Trump's planned new tariffs over Greenland as "a mistake especially between long-standing allies" and called into question Trump's trustworthiness, while French President Emmanuel Macron said the bloc shouldn't hesitate to use a powerful tool in retaliation.
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Jan 20, 2026
President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn't have been possible without funding from the big tax and spending cuts bill passed by Republicans in Congress, and it's fueling unprecedented immigration enforcement actions in cities like Minneapolis and beyond.
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Jan 20, 2026
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Jan 20, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 20, 2026
President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year's decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Jan 20, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 20, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 20, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 20, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 20, 2026
An estimated 100,000 rideshare drivers in Illinois could win the right to join a union under new legislation expected to be filed in Springfield this month.
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Jan 20, 2026
The new legislation would give the drivers the right to collective bargaining as independent contractors.
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Jan 20, 2026
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or not, under the second Trump administration. This tracker is updated monthly using CPI data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Jan 20, 2026
If Union Pacific's merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who've been hauling freight across Chicago for more than a century.
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Jan 20, 2026
If Union Pacific's merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who've been hauling freight across Chicago for more than a century.
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