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 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.

In 2024, Chicago built new homes at less than half the pace of the nation and at about one-fifth the pace of another of the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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.

Like the city proper, which grew its population 1.9 percent between 2010 and 2020, the seven-county core metro area grew, too, by a very similar 1.74 percent. Overall the area added 146,000 people ...

Poor air quality was expected across the entire Chicago area Tuesday as an “air quality alert” was issued for all of Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana through midnight.

Jack in the Box, Inc. announce its official return to the Chicago metropolitan area with the grand opening of a new ...