According to two new reports by Construction Coverage, Illinois ranked 48th out of 50 U.S. states for new home construction last year while leading the nation ...

A new WalletHub study found that the Chicago Metropolitan Area had the worst year-over-year inflation of 23 major cities. Chicago also had some of the worst inflation over the past few months.

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

The Chicago metropolitan area saw a slight increase in population, according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic departures in many… ...

San Diego metro, which includes all of San Diego County, ranked 15th in the 20-city index for the second month in a row. San Diego had the fastest-rising home prices in the U.S. last April, rising ...

The updated inflation numbers landed the Chicago metropolitan area at the top of the report’s rankings for cities with the biggest inflation problem.

The Chicago metropolitan area saw a slight increase in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic departures in many ...

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.

The Chicago metropolitan area is approaching a record-low unemployment level, according to federal survey data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. But at the same time ...

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.

But sales prices are not slowing. The median sales price for a home in the Chicago Metro Area in April 2025 was $370,000, up 5.7% from April 2024.

The Chicago metropolitan area is experiencing a revival that’s swept through all of the Midwest, which had suffered for years from the exodus of manufacturing jobs that gave the region the ...