Lolly Bowean

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks with members of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board in Chicago on Jan. 27, 2020.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx picks up California Sen. Kamala Harris’ endorsement ahead of March 17 Democratic primary

February 18, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

California Sen. Kamala Harris is endorsing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx in her push for a second term, the incumbent prosecutor's campaign announced. Saying Foxx's work is a model...

Former President Barack Obama participates in a panel discussion at the Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.

Former President Barack Obama hosts ‘fireside chat’ with NBA stars during Chicago’s All-Star weekend

February 16, 2020 at 2:04 a.m.

In their communities, NBA stars Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Love and Chris Paul all do service work. But the three players, who normally only see one another on the basketball court,...

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the closing session of the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit meeting at the Kaplan Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago on Oct. 29, 2019.

Former President Barack Obama meets with Mayor Lori Lightfoot during NBA All-Star weekend in Chicago

February 16, 2020 at 12:40 a.m.

Taking a break from greeting professional basketball players who are in Chicago for All-Star weekend, former President Barack Obama met with Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Saturday afternoon, officials confirmed. The...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx talks to Jeremy Jackson after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker granted pardons for individuals with low-level cannabis convictions during an event at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Dec. 31, 2019.

Controversy in Jussie Smollett case illustrates divide along racial, class lines over Kim Foxx’s criminal justice reform efforts in Cook County

February 14, 2020 at 11:49 p.m.

In his Back of the Yards parish, where Father David Kelly and staff work with citizens returning home from prison in need of housing, jobs and a second chance, he...

Former President Barack Obama during the closing session of the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit meeting at the Kaplan Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology Oct. 29, 2019.

Former President Barack Obama to hold ‘fireside chat’ with NBA stars, just days after a Chicago City Hall protest related to his proposed presidential center

February 14, 2020 at 12:37 a.m.

As dozens of famous NBA basketball players arrive in Chicago for All-Star Weekend, former President Barack Obama will be joining them, officials with the Obama Foundation announced. The night before...

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush promotes Michael Bloomberg’s Chicago campaign office as the Democratic presidential candidate faces criticism for 2015 stop-and-frisk remarks

February 12, 2020 at 11:16 p.m.

As former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces criticism for his previous defense of controversial stop-and-frisk policing strategies that disproportionately targeted blacks and Latinos, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush touted his...

Charles Perry lies back as he and members of the Obama Community Benefits Agreement Coalition stage a sit-in outside of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office at Chicago City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.

Protesters stage sit-in outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office over Obama Presidential Center and affordable housing

February 12, 2020 at 12:21 a.m.

About a dozen Chicago residents staged a sit-in outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot's City Hall office on Tuesday afternoon, demanding a meeting to discuss preserving affordable housing near the site of...

Kristine Schanbacher, a Democratic candidate challenging U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in the 7th Congressional District, campaigns on Feb. 2, 2020, in Humboldt Park.

Chicago political titans Bobby Rush and Danny Davis have outlasted presidents and mayors. Their House primary challengers say they’re out of touch.

February 10, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

Their much younger political opponents say they are out of touch, aren't visible enough in their districts and, after spending decades in office, miss important meetings and votes in Washington....

Snow sits on a construction site in Chicago's Jackson Park near the proposed location of the Obama Presidential Center in January.

Alderman, Woodlawn residents seek meeting with Mayor Lori Lightfoot about Obama Presidential Center-related ordinance

February 5, 2020 at 11:03 p.m.

Surrounded by residents, community members and a collective of her constituents, Ald. Jeanette Taylor on Wednesday called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to meet with advocates pushing for a so-called community...

Maple Howard, 67, stands and talks with attendees on Jan. 28, 2020, at a "Forum on Stopping Displacement" meeting at Harris Park in reaction to the proposed site of the Obama Presidential Center.

As Chicago officials plan to unveil plans for managing housing around the Obama Presidential Center, debate reveals how complicated it is to transform a community

February 1, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

For nearly a decade, Denise Hill has lived in her Hyde Park neighborhood just a little more than a mile away from where the Obama Presidential Center is expected to...

All Stories