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Teacher unions, SEIU drop $1.7 million in seven days for union organizer Brandon Johnson

By LGIS | Mar 14, 2023

CHICAGO – Teachers whose website boasts that they drove out mayor Rahm Emanuel and governor Bruce Rauner seek to elect union organizer Brandon Johnson as mayor.

Mayor's race: Which Chicago precincts turned out to vote like last November?

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Mar 14, 2023

Of 1,291 Chicago precincts, 29 saw voter turnout in the Feb. 28 Mayoral General Election that was even or higher than for last November’s statewide election.

UChicago Medicine trains physicians on ‘game-changing’ intestinal ultrasound

By Chicago City Wire reports | Mar 14, 2023

A select group of gastroenterologists from around the world will gather at the University of Chicago Medicine March 16-18 for demonstrations and training on how to perform intestinal ultrasound (IUS).

Brian T. Cunningham Wins the 2023 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award

By Chicago City Wire reports | Mar 14, 2023

Optica recently announced that Brian T. Cunningham, CCIL Program Leader and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award.

DePaul Takes a Trip to Milwaukee, Wis.

By Chicago City Wire reports | Mar 14, 2023

The Blue Demons take on the Golden Eagles for a Friday Night Matchup

DePaul University experts available to discuss Chicago mayoral run-off, issues that will decide race

By Chicago City Wire reports | Mar 14, 2023

As Chicago voters head to the polls in less than a month to decide whether Brandon Johnson, a Cook County Board Commissioner, or Paul Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, will be the next mayor of the third largest city in the U.S., DePaul University faculty experts are available to provide insight and commentary.

City of Winchester City Council met March 1

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Mar 14, 2023

City of Winchester City Council met Wednesday, March 1

City of Wheaton Community Relations Commission met March 1

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Mar 14, 2023

City of Wheaton Community Relations Commission met Wednesday, March 1

Signature Bank Illinois: "On solid financial footing and ready to expand"

By Chicago City Wire Report | Mar 13, 2023

On the same weekend that ABC News incorrectly featured a logo of Signature Bank Illinois on a story about Signature Bank New York, the former reported "record returns and earnings" in 2022.

City mourns fallen officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso

By Chicago City Wire Report | Mar 13, 2023

Hundreds gathered in long lines to pay respects to fallen Chicago Police officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso at the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn on March 8.

Which Chicago precincts turned out to vote for mayor? See a ranking from top to bottom

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Mar 13, 2023

Voters in Edgewater, Mt.Greenwood, West Beverly and Garfield Ridge proved most motivated in the Feb. 28 Chicago Mayoral General Election

Racial lines: See which Chicago precincts voted for black, white, hispanic candidates in mayoral race

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Mar 13, 2023

In 776 of 1,291 Chicago precincts– 60 percent– a majority of voters chose a black candidate for mayor on Feb. 28.

Signature Bank Illinois and Signature Bank New York are different companies, not related

By Chicago City Wire Report | Mar 12, 2023

Signature Bank Illinois is Rosemont-based, privately-held and serves mostly Midwestern companies. Signature Bank New York is New York City-based, traded publicly and best known for its work lending to cryptocurrency firms, on the east and west coasts.