Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.
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Breeders at the Vic and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Until the Flood at the Goodman and more goings-on 5/7-5/10.
Dorothy Brown will make history as first black woman elected mayor, supporters say
Despite being under federal investigation, the Cook County circuit court clerk announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor Sunday.
Chicago students plan another walkout Friday despite suspension threat
Students across the city plan to leave class and gather in Grant Park Friday to protest gun violence.
Is Illinois ready for a potential influx of stoned drivers?
Weed Week: There is no completely reliable test for marijuana intoxication, and very few cops trained to recognize it.
Copper thief shuts down Antique Taco, but it’s back in business
The taco joint was closed for one of the busiest weekends of the year.
Fed up with gun violence, students demand ‘real change . . . today’
Students marching Saturday said they refused to let the violent deaths of friends go in vain.
Hundreds of Chicago students to protest gun violence outside Stroger Hospital this weekend
GoodKidsMadCity, a group of student activists, is organizing the “sit-/die-in.”
Joe Berrios ousted from Cook County assessor’s office; ‘Chuy’ a step closer to Congress
The head of the Cook County Dems who hired relatives and oversaw an unfair property tax system conceded the race to Fritz Kaegi.
Chicago-area students take to streets to protest gun violence even as scare hits Northwestern
While a report of a gun on campus turned out to be a hoax, it heightened fears on a day of a nationwide walkout.