Politics | Bed supply should remain constant as city seeks to merge homeless, migrant shelter systems, social service leaders say By Caroline Kubzansky September 19, 2024 at 7:34 p.m. The recommendations made aren't binding and represent a "first phase" in a plan to merge...
Immigration | ‘Why Springfield?’ How a small Ohio city became home for thousands of Haitians By CNN September 19, 2024 at 10:26 a.m. Springfield is now home to thousands of Haitians. Last week’s presidential debate thrust the small...
Politics | House rejects government funding bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters By Kevin Freking September 18, 2024 at 6:09 p.m. The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that would have linked temporary funding...
Crime and Public Safety | A Mexican Independence Day celebration at New City dance studio marred by shooting By Peter Breen September 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. A Mexican Independence Day celebration at a New City dance studio was cut short Monday...
Politics | JD Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement By Scott Bauer September 18, 2024 at 6:23 a.m. The flaring tension over the resettlement of refugees in Eau Claire has been repeated in...
Immigration | Arrests for illegal border crossings jump 3% in August, suggesting decline may be bottoming out By Associated Press September 17, 2024 at 10:27 a.m. Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August, authorities said.
Immigration | St. Louis area sees record growth in immigrant population. Officials say efforts are working. By Tribune News Service September 17, 2024 at 12:27 p.m. The St. Louis region led the nation’s largest metro areas in growing its immigrant population...
News | Congressional hearing will be the first one to address slaying of 6-year-old Palestinian boy from Chicago area By Zareen Syed September 17, 2024 at 6:21 a.m. Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized...
News | Chicago prepares to embrace official Mexican Independence Day celebration downtown By Laura Rodríguez Presa September 14, 2024 at 8:16 a.m. For the first time in a decade, city officials and Mexican leaders in Chicago will...
Columnists | Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity? By Heidi Stevens September 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The former president's lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s...