Since 2020, the Asian population in metro Chicago has grown by an estimated 11.6%, more than double the rate of growth for ...

Dust was seen being carried through the Elgin area during dust storm warnings that were issued for the Chicago metropolitan area in the afternoon into the evening on May 16, 2025. | Photo: NWS / ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency declared an Air Pollution Action Day today in the Chicago Metropolitan area due to elevated particle pollution caused by Canadian wildfire smoke. Here ...

[AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast] The Chicago metropolitan area’s public transit system, a lifeline for over 1.5 million daily riders, is teetering on the edge of collapse.

But that measure would not remedy the $770 million fiscal cliff that Chicago area transit operators are expected to face next year as federal COVID-19 pandemic relief subsidies run out.

Owned by the national supermarket chain Albertsons since 1999, Jewel-Osco has grown to 189 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area, accounting for nearly 45% of the Chicago grocery market.

Officials beef up security at Chicago-area Jewish institutions following ‘act of terror’ by: Gabriel Castillo, Winnie Dortch, Emmy Victor, Dana Rebik, BJ Lutz Posted: May 22, 2025 / 07:19 AM CDT ...

The Chicagoland area saw its first-ever dust storm warning as 50+ mph winds carried dust throughout northern Illinois on Friday afternoon, the weather service said. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...

A rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky and creating eerie images. Visibility dropped to near zero and winds ...

The first time was on May 7, 2023, but that warning did not involve the Chicago metropolitan area. Friday's warning was the first dust storm warning that included the city itself.

The dust storm warning issued by the weather service was the first ever for Chicago itself — although one was issued on May 7, 2023, that was away from the metropolitan area.

Instead, he pointed to past proposals from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and RTA without indicating what options, if any, lawmakers will adopt.