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Chicago’s booming film industry is helping local antique stores too
The Illinois film industry is booming and it’s bringing big bucks to the local prop industry, with Chicago antique shops and prop houses supplying it…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Rise Against brings ‘moshpit etiquette’ to the world on new album “Ricochet” https://www.wbez.org/music/2025/08/26/rise-against-chicago-punk-tour-album-ricochet-interview
The Chicago band Rise Against started in the city’s gritty punk scene in the 1990s. The band has gone from small clubs to major labels, grown up, …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Former Ed Secretary Arne Duncan reacts to Trump threats to send in National Guard
People working to reduce violence in Chicago are decrying President Donald Trump’s continuous threats to send the military to the city. Former Edu…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
New graduate student loan caps imperil efforts to fill social worker shortage
In Illinois and across the country, schools, hospitals and community organizations depend on social workers to function. But there are never enou…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chicago doctors push Illinois lawmakers to end the war in Gaza
As famine is declared in Gaza, Chicago area doctors are meeting with Illinois lawmakers to share their experiences and prompt action to end the war i…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump Medicaid cuts threaten Chicago’s ‘little hospital that could’
There’s a small medical facility on Chicago’s Far South Side that calls itself ‘the little hospital that could.’ But the chief medical officer at …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How should I prepare for retirement in my 20s if social security goes away?
Alongside the Chicago Sun-Times, we’re gathering your questions about all things money and finances. Then each week, we get your questions answere…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chicago police oversight boss has been wiping out recommendations to fire cops
Chicago’s new police oversight chief has been wiping out or dramatically scaling back recommendations to fire officers who investigators say have com…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chicago has a crop of opulent new steakhouses. How much beef can one city eat?
Decades after the Union Stock Yards closed, Chicago continues to be a steak destination.
Steakhouses open regularly, but this year brings an especiall…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
A new trade deal between the U.S. and South Korea includes a 15 percent tariff on Korean goods – which means Korean beauty products in Chicago may get pricier.
Chicago’s love for Korean skincare might be facing a setback.
A new trade deal between the U.S. and South Korea includes a 15 percent tariff on Korean…
8 months ago