Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Federal Reserve watchers have been saying for months that the U.S. central bank has been gradually splitting into two camps — one eager to keep cutting interest rates, the other arguing for ...

At 120 years old, the restaurant is not just the oldest Chinese restaurant in California, it may be the oldest in the country. That's according to research by UC Davis, though Fong points out there's ...

The New York Stock Exchange, owner of the area's market for equities trading, will reincorporate it in Dallas in a bid for more business from the Southwestern U.S.

"This is one area where there does appear to be convergence between Democrats and Republicans," said UChicago professor Mike ...

Madigan found guilty of bribery conspiracy in corruption case; jury deadlocks on charges involving co-defendant McClain.

Local Democratic officials in Illinois are leading an effort to remove from government buildings the name of Henry J. Hyde, ...

The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus ...

A federal jury Wednesday rendered a split decision in the wide-ranging indictment against former House Speaker Michael Madigan: deadlocking on six counts, including the marquee racketeering charge; ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...