The bill would require some county, city or town fiscal bodies to review the proposed budget and property tax levy of a ...

Neubauer Collegium project to articulate value of humanistic scholarship and teaching in higher education and society ...

Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda Del Valle performed her recent work celebrating Chicago while also critiquing its political ...

A poet, educator and interdisciplinary artist born and raised on the South Side has been chosen as the next Chicago poet laureate, the city announced Wednesday. Mayda Alexandra del Valle, who grew up ...

Northland Public Library celebrated its newly renovated and more functional space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 8. A large crowd gathered in the library’s front spacious lobby, via the new lower ...

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation, fresh off the heels of a major rebranding campaign, has devised a new motto, logo and name to serve as guideposts as the library system expands its ...

Pictured from left, Lori Abbatepaolo, Coordinator; Tracy LaStella, Assistant Library Director; Leah Fitzpatrick, Chief of Staff for Suffolk County Legislator Nick Caracappa; Neil Manzella, Brookhaven ...

Police were coming up short Monday in their investigation of a mass shooting in Chicago's River North district, which killed one man and left three others in critical condition. A $10,000 reward is ...

The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining ...

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A small public library district in the southern suburbs of Chicago has missed a payment to bond investors despite its high credit rating, in the latest hiccup attributed to delayed local property-tax ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation is honored to be included on the 2026 Giving List, recognizing ...