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Young Writers Showcase Skills at Rooted & Radical Poetry Festival

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(Courtesy of Young Chicago Authors)

Young Chicago Authors is encouraging Chicago’s youth to engage in storytelling to express themselves with poetry and performance.

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(Courtesy of Young Chicago Authors)

Feds Recover $1.4M Allegedly Tied to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scam

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The Dirksen Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois)

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced it seized approximately $1.4 million of cryptocurrency, which will be now returned to people who lost their money through an alleged fraud scheme.

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The Dirksen Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois)

Police Union President Backs O’Neill Burke for Cook County State’s Attorney in Democratic Primary

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Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III are running for the Democratic nomination in the race for Cook County state’s attorney. (Photos provided)

Eileen O’Neill Burke rejected the endorsement of the city’s largest police union in a statement to WTTW News. “We still want our members to vote for her,” Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said.

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Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III are running for the Democratic nomination in the race for Cook County state’s attorney. (Photos provided)

It’s Time to Spring Forward, and Schedule a Nap for Sunday

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(Miriam Alonso / Pexels)

Daylight saving time officially arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday.

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Remember Chicago’s Native and Pollinator Garden Registry? It’s Finally Getting off the Ground

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Milkweed stems stand tall in the Field Museum's Rice Native Gardens. In the past, gardeners have been threatened with fines when native plants were mistaken for weeds. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

More than two years after Chicago's City Council passed an ordinance creating a Native and Pollinator Garden Registry, an advisory board has finally been appointed to oversee the operation.

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Milkweed stems stand tall in the Field Museum's Rice Native Gardens. In the past, gardeners have been threatened with fines when native plants were mistaken for weeds. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

Case of Measles Confirmed in Pilsen Shelter; City Health Officials Ask Residents to Shelter in Place

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The former industrial building at 2241 S. Halsted St. that has been converted into the city's largest shelter. (WTTW News)

The child diagnosed with measles “has recovered and is no longer infectious,” according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.

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The former industrial building at 2241 S. Halsted St. that has been converted into the city's largest shelter. (WTTW News)

Little Village, Humboldt Park Among 10 State-Designated Cultural Districts Eligible for $3M in Funding

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(WTTW News)

The program was launched in 2023 with an aim to uplift and preserve cultural communities throughout Illinois. The districts are eligible to apply for some of the $3 million in available funding to help stimulate economic development in those areas.

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Here Are the Top 10 Consumer Complaints in Illinois For 2023

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For a third year in a row, complaints regarding home repair and remodeling top the list of written consumer complaints filed to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

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Biden Uses Feisty State of the Union to Contrast With Trump, Sell Voters on a Second Term

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President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution" and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.

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President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

What Do Lenny Bruce, Joe Mantegna and Booze Have in Common? 2 Plays About American Trailblazers Light Up the Biograph Theater

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Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce. (Doren Sorell)

Local legend Joe Mantegna is directing “I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce” starring Ronnie Marmo as the comedian who took a bullet for anyone who values free speech. Marmo also directs and stars in “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” the true story of the dramatic founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce. (Doren Sorell)

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, March 7, 2024 - Full Show

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Should guns be allowed where you vote? A look at a potential new gun ban. And what a move to end the grocery tax could mean for you.

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New Bill Would Ban Guns From Illinois Polling Places

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State Rep. Bob Morgan said banning guns at polling places is necessary given rising security concerns surrounding elections. Gun rights advocates said the proposal is an answer in search of a problem.

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Chicago is One Step Closer to Hybrid Elected School Board as Illinois House Approves Plan

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(WTTW News)

A plan headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk will allow voters in November to choose half of the Chicago Board of Education. Johnson will appoint the other half, plus its president.

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First Measles Case in Chicago Resident Since 2019 Confirmed, Health Officials Say

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(WTTW News)

Health officials said they are working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to measles, including at the facilities where the resident sought medical care.

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(WTTW News)

A Chicago Resident Requested a Parkway Tree. The City Planted an Invasive Species

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The tag on a Chicago resident’s new parkway tree clearly shows the species as “Aristocrat” pear, one of some two dozen cultivars of the invasive callery pear tree. (Courtesy of Eliza Rohr)

Just because a species is known to be invasive doesn’t mean it’s officially regulated as such. One Chicagoan learned that lesson the hard way.

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The tag on a Chicago resident’s new parkway tree clearly shows the species as “Aristocrat” pear, one of some two dozen cultivars of the invasive callery pear tree. (Courtesy of Eliza Rohr)

Opening of Obama Presidential Center Delayed, Again, Until Spring 2026

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A rendering of the Obama Presidential Center’s athletic and conference center, designed by Moody Nolan. (Credit: Obama Foundation)

The Obama Presidential Center, which broke ground in September 2021, had been slated to open in October 2025.

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A rendering of the Obama Presidential Center’s athletic and conference center, designed by Moody Nolan. (Credit: Obama Foundation)

Fewer Fish and More Algae? Scientists Seek to Understand Impacts of Historic Lack of Great Lakes Ice

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Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

As climate change accelerates, scientists are scrambling to understand how iceless winters could affect the world's largest freshwater system.

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Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)