The half-hearted editorial “Chicago gets a new public bathroom. What could possibly go wrong?” about Ald. Daniel La Spata’s ...

(Martinez, CA) – The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is seeking applicants for the Public Law Library Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees was established pursuant to State law and County ...

The Peoria Public Library has been awarded a $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York foundation as part of the Carnegie Libraries 250 initiative.

A Chicago establishment described as "so much more than a bookstore" was named among America's "nicest" places by a nationwide magazine. Reader's Digest unveiled the five winners of its "Nicest Places ...

The holiday season always sneaks up quickly, and families across Chicago are already planning how to make the most of winter break. From arranging childcare to booking travel and planning festive ...

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For students coming to Chicago this fall, the following is a basic rundown of the city’s local and state government officials, how to register to vote, and upcoming elections. Aldermen and City ...

More than a decade before she wrote “Rattlebone,” her acclaimed 1994 collection of interlinked short stories, Maxine Clair felt anxious, desperate, almost physically ill. She was in her early 40s, ...

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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Harris started looking for his first real job months before his graduation from UC Davis this spring. He had a solid résumé, he thought: a paid internship at a ...

President Donald Trump has been talking about sending troops to Chicago to crack down on crime for nearly a month. “We’re going in,” he said Tuesday, without giving a timeframe. It hasn’t happened yet ...

It’s been more than a year since Austal USA broke ground on a massive facility called FA2, one of two separate expansion projects that each will house about 1,000 new jobs. Yet, if you’re looking ...