A winter storm doesn’t just cancel class — it sets off a chain of decisions, obligations and, sometimes, a longer school year.

As public services increasingly move online, access to a reliable smartphone is no longer optional. Phones now play a central role in how people manage healthcare, access government systems, and stay ...

Alums of Venezuela’s El Sistema program perform everywhere from the Berlin Philharmonic to our own Chicago Symphony. But the program faces uncertainty due to flashpoints with the United States and ...

Regulators vote to tighten vetting for the phone and internet subsidy after investigation found millions went to dead ...

Long before cable and internet providers began delivering television, people could freely pull broadcast signals out of the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is renewing his push to ban students from using cell phones in Illinois schools, aiming to improve student performance and protect children's mental health.

More than 150 families at Nativity Parish School picked up tin can phones Monday at Skate City as part of Project Landline, a ...

The state’s largest district announced a “bell to bell” cellphone and social media ban in June 2024.

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week facing an uphill climb to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Republicans see an opening after President Trump’s State of the Union address on ...