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cicada-watch-2024
  • by david hall
If you want to own a cicada bobblehead, you’ll have to wait for that, too — but only a few months

The museum’s first cicada bobblehead is a nod to the double brood emergence of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas in more than a dozen states, including both broods in Illinois.

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois a blue haven for gender-affirming care, but LGBTQ+ advocates say housing, safety still a concern

Two measures to further protect transgender people are awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature. But advocates say there’s more the state can do to help the LGBTQ+ community.

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois GOP chief Tracy’s exit with RNC looming delights Democrats — and far-right Republicans

During a three-and-a-half–year tenure, state GOP Chairman Don Tracy proved unable to stanch a hemorrhage of Republican support in Chicago’s suburbs, a once-reliable well of fiscally conservative, socially moderate GOP votes that's dried up with the rise of Donald Trump.

news
  • by david hall
Man pulled from Lake Michigan near Navy Pier identified as missing 'Playpen' boater

Tony Jackson, 58, was pulled out of the water about 7:50 p.m. in the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive, days after he went missing near Oak Street Beach.