A federal judge is set to decide Thursday whether to block President Donald Trump from deploying 200 members of the Texas National Guard alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to the Chicago area.

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No Property Tax Hike Needed to Close Cook County’s $211.4M Budget Gap, But ‘Turmoil’ Looms: Preckwinkle

“We’re headed into pretty tough waters here, turmoil,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said. “And I would anticipate … next year, and particularly the years after next, we’re going to be in a very difficult place as the federal government reduces its support.”

City Council to Weigh Paying $8M to Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison After Wrongful Murder Conviction

| Heather Cherone

Pay $18.5M to Man Who Spent 34 Years in Prison for Double Murder He Didn’t Commit: City Lawyers

| Heather Cherone

National Guard Arrives in Chicago Area as Local Officials Await Judge’s Ruling

| Heather Cherone

Key City Panel Endorses Proposed Firefighters Union Contract

| Heather Cherone

Bipartisan US Governors’ Group Faces Division Over Donald Trump’s Deployment of Troops to Illinois, California

| Associated Press

He Sat in the Nosebleeds for the Cubs’ Historic World Series. Now Quinn Priester Can End Their Year

| Associated Press

With Rumors Swirling Around Possible ICE Activity at Chicago Marathon, Johnson Says ‘We’re Encouraging Everyone to Get Out to Celebrate’

| Patty Wetli

Oct. 6, 2025 - Full Show

| WTTW News

‘In No Way Are We Going to Accept This’: Johnson Vows to Resist Trump’s National Guard Deployment

| Heather Cherone

Chicago Community Groups Say Expected Troop Deployment Will Heighten Fears, Create Chaos

| Eunice Alpasan

CDC Stops Recommending COVID-19 Shots for All, Leaves Decision to Patients

| Associated Press

Feds Accuse Reputed Gang Member of Murder-for-Hire Plot Involving Senior Law Enforcement Official

| Matt Masterson

Chicago’s Top Cop Refutes Claims His Officers Didn’t Respond to Calls for Service From Federal Agents

| Matt Masterson

Judge Declines to Immediately Block National Guard From Illinois Deployment After Pritzker, Johnson File Suit

| Heather Cherone

Former NFL Quarterback Mark Sanchez Facing Felony Charge in Indianapolis Altercation

| Associated Press

Broadview Mayor Aims to Limit Protest Hours Outside Suburban ICE Facility

| Matt Masterson

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to 3 Scientists, Including an Elmhurst Native, for Immune System Discoveries

| Associated Press

ICE Airs Ads in Chicago, Other Cities Stirring Up Frustration to Recruit Police for Mass Deportation Efforts

| Associated Press

2025 Chicago Festival Guide

| Erica Demarest

Kennedy Express Lanes Resume Normal Operations, With Construction on Pace to Finish Before Thanksgiving: IDOT

| Eunice Alpasan

Chicago Journalists, Protesters Suing Trump Administration Over Alleged First Amendment Violations at Broadview ICE Facility

| Matt Masterson

2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle

| Heather Cherone

Trump to Send 300 National Guard Troops to Chicago Despite Objections: Pritzker

| Heather Cherone

Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding

| Nick Blumberg

Gov. Pritzker Orders State Agencies to Probe Treatment of Kids Detained by Feds During South Shore Raid

| Heather Cherone

Key Panel Rejects Scaled-Back Effort to Have City Crews Clear Sidewalks of Snow and Ice

| Heather Cherone

Looking for Peak Fall Foliage in and Around Chicago? These Fall Color Reports Won’t Leave You Hanging

| Patty Wetli

It’s Pumpkin Spice Season. These Chicago-Area Coffee Shops Are Serving Up Fall Favorites

| Nicole Cardos

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital

| Matt Masterson

Trump Pauses $2.1B for Chicago’s Red Line Extension and Other Infrastructure Projects, Citing ‘Race-Based Contracting’

| Heather Cherone

ChiArts Board Won’t Renew High School’s Contract With CPS

| Matt Masterson

Local, State Police Set Up Designated Protest Areas Outside Broadview ICE Facility as Demonstrations Continue

| Matt Masterson
 

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