UNCOVERED: 11 - The Untold Story

Pritzker moves to make abortion more accessible to people in prisons

In removing fees and promising access, Illinois joins a handful of states providing abortions for incarcerated people.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Even if there is a red wave in Illinois, in Senate race, Dem Duckworth holds lead over GOP’s Salvi

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth heads to the Tuesday vote leading Republican Kathy Salvi in two key metrics, polls and fundraising.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Valuable Lincoln artifacts are taken from a Springfield museum as feuding with a not-for-profit intensifies

The fate of 1,500-plus artifacts, including some tied to Lincoln’s murder, is unclear as a foundation pulls items out of a state Lincoln museum.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2022

Senior home owner fined $1,500 after 3 residents died, student test scores drop statewide and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2022

At the Table with Lynn Sweet

Leading up to the midterm elections, Lynn Sweet was joined by bestselling author David Corn and a political panel with Tina Sfondeles, Dave McKinney and Dan Mihalopoulos on October 20.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2022

Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and WTTW to host U.S. Senate candidates forum Thursday ‘to help voters comb through key issues’

Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi will meet and take questions at 7 p.m.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022

Lauded all-boys charter school faces Chicago Public Schools takeover

CPS wants to take over Urban Prep Academies in an unprecedented move to wrest control from its troubled leaders while trying not to displace students.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2022

Inside AT&T’s alleged ‘conspiracy’ to bribe powerbrokers at the Illinois Capitol

WBEZ and the Sun-Times have learned the identities of three former top phone-company lobbyists with ties to a Springfield corruption scandal as former AT&T President La Schiazza, pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts in federal court Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2022

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Voters all over the field on Bears’ Arlington play — but almost half would sack any taxpayer dollar request

The survey underscores the difficulty the team faces in lining up support for its sweeping proposal to transform the shuttered Arlington International Racecourse into a stadium campus accompanied by a scores of new restaurants, businesses and residential buildings. “Why should the taxpayers fund…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 19, 2022

The real ‘Mothman’ or merely a Halloween costume? A spooky Chicago icon makes an appearance

Can we count this as a “Mothman” sighting?

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2022