University of Illinois approves tuition increases for all schools
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
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The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
The City of Harvey is reducing operations, and city offices will operate on limited hours due to "staffing and budget constraints."
The City of Harvey is reducing operations, and city offices will operate on limited hours due to "staffing and budget constraints."
The CTA announced its planned 2026 fare and pass price hikes for the 2026 fiscal year.
Parents are feeling more financial pressure. Between child care and housing costs alone, the costs are climbing.
Chicago fast food stalwart Portillo's announced Tuesday its CEO has resigned, effective immediately.
Chicago is staring down a projected budget deficit of over $1 billion for 2026, weeks after the mayor warned city finances are "at the point of no return."
ComEd has officially closed its $10 million Community Relief Fund to all applications, with more than half of the money already awarded through one-time grants.
A company that measures and tracks electrical grids across America says that the ComEd grid in Illinois has the highest electrical waste in the country, and customers are paying for it.
More than 100 teens who worked summer jobs through a south suburban youth program won't get their final paycheck after the program says it received only a fraction of its promised state funding.
ComEd said they will soon close applications for help from their $10 million customer relief fund as they are nearly out of money.
Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King sat down with us to discuss the district's precarious financial situation and how she plans to reassure parents after a tumultuous year.
ComEd is launching a $10 million customer relief fund for lower-income customers having trouble paying for electricity as prices rise.
Mayor Brandon Johnson emphasized again Tuesday he's done his part to try to keep the Bears in Chicago.
Allianz survey finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans are more worried about running out of money in retirement than they are about dying.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County announced they are waiving additional collections costs for people paying overdue moving traffic violations this week.
A Bankrate survey found that one-third of Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck and have little money for savings.
Living comfortably means being able to pay all bills, afford a handful of wants and be able to save for the future.
The annual income needed to afford even a basic home in the U.S. has risen sharply since the pandemic, a new report shows.
The book teaches principles like how to tackle debt, build generational wealth, and support family within a reasonable framework.
Officials announced the takeover on Sunday, after shares of Credit Suisse plummeted last week despite a $54 billion loan from the Swiss National Bank.
The U.S. government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, assuring depositors at the failed financial institution that they would be able to access all of their money.
The free financial preparedness training session is from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Crown Community Center in Evanston.
The rocky year on Wall Street continues. And Savage told CBS 2's Chris Tye Tuesday night that it may be here for a while.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Horrific details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
Landmarks Illinois announced Tuesday that it has awarded an emergency grant to the Chicago Loop Synagogue downtown to help with the replacement of a broken boiler.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for running a violent sex trafficking operation out of his home and motels in south suburban Lansing.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago aldermen this week will consider $29.2 million in settlements in wrongful convictions linked to disgraced former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara.
Two Illinois state legislators want to make sure school districts get the funding they need.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
If you like it, then you better put a pin on it. The Olympic tradition of swapping and buying pins is currently underway in Milan.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
The trend is tied to tensions over President Trump’s push to take over Greenland.
The $4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge has been entirely paid for and will be jointly owned by the Canadian federal government and the State of Michigan. But President Trump said he won’t allow the bridge to open until the U.S. is “fully compensated for everything we have given Canada.”
Time is quickly winding down before Congress needs to reach a compromise on immigration enforcement reforms ahead of a possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
A hazmat team responded to a rideshare vehicle after the driver and passenger picked up a package before getting sick in Logan Square.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
Horrific details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Keith Brookshire details his friendship with Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson and the generosity he continues to provide to Chicago student athletes.
Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
Kouri Richins allegedly poisoned her husband Eric by putting a fatal dose of fentanyl in his drink, leading to his sudden death in 2022.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
