WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: April 13, 2018
A billionaire’s donation to boosting Chicago’s crime fighting technology and synthetic pot is increasing hospitalizations in the state.
A billionaire’s donation to boosting Chicago’s crime fighting technology and synthetic pot is increasing hospitalizations in the state.
Thirty-five years ago, Chicago history was made when voters elected the city’s first black mayor.
Thirty-five years ago, Chicago history was made when voters elected the city’s first black mayor.
Since early March, three people have died and more than 100 people have been hospitalized in Illinois due to ingesting synthetic marijuana.
The Middle Fork of the Vermillion River — Illinois’ only scenic river— has just been named one of the most endangered in the country.
An Illinois House Bill could lessen the trauma kids experience after custody battles — or exacerbate it, depending on your point of view.
Some towns in Illinois are doing such a good job at flood protection that they may be increasing the flood risk for neighbors in Missouri.
An Illinois House Bill could lessen the trauma kids experience after custody battles — or exacerbate it, depending on your point of view.
Fifty years later, Chicago’s West Side is still recovering from riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.