Senate Democratic President Don Harmon called off a constitutional amendment push to enshrine protections for majority-minority districts shortly after U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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High Voltage Records & Hi-Fi at 7013 N. Sheridan Credit: Kirk Williamson for Chicago Reader Record Store Day returns this Saturday, April 18, and the following week, Chicago will get its newest ...

On July 8, 1989, a young music fan named Aadam Jacobs, with a compact Sony cassette recorder in his pocket, went to see an up-and-coming rock band from Washington for their debut show in Chicago.

In the late 2010s, Lillie West’s band Lala Lala emerged as one of the mightiest young indie-rock groups in Chicago. But after Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art released Lala Lala’s 2021 album I Want the Door ...

Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s ...