Saturday offers generous sunshine mixed with puffy fair weather clouds, comfortable temperatures and low humidity. An Air ...

The unemployment rate decreased in all 12 metro areas for the year ending June 2025, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of ...

A new “Harry Potter” outdoor attraction has been announced for the Chicago area this fall, opening near suburban Gurnee in ...

The Chicago metro area was named one of the worst in the nation for ozone and particle pollution by the American Lung Association in its 2024 “State of the Air” report, released today.

The first time was on May 7, 2023, but that warning did not involve the Chicago metropolitan area. Friday's warning was the first dust storm warning that included the city itself.

Inflation in the Chicago area was up about 4.3% in January compared to a year before. That mark was the worst among the 23 metropolitan areas that WalletHub compared.

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area grew by 70,762 people — less than 1% — from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. That was the ninth-largest numeric growth of any metropolitan area in ...

NORC at the University of Chicago, on Medill’s behalf, surveyed 1,004 adults throughout the 14-county Chicago metro area, including counties in Indiana and Wisconsin.

It’s unclear whether any tornadoes touched down in the Chicago metro, but Gary, Indiana, was hit. Then overnight, parts of the Chicago metro area got snow.

Housing in the greater Houston metro area is high, but it’s considerably lower than you would find in the Chicago area,” Lupo explained. “Texas has got a lot going for it,” he continued.

The Los Angeles metro is somewhat bigger than Chicago's (about 13.5 million versus about 9.5 million), and it's had an almost identical domestic out-migration.