FREE DAYS Free admission is available at the: Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., every Wednesday after 4 p.m. DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, 740 E. 56th Pl., every Wednesday. Field Museum, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., every Wednesday. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Tuesday evenings through June 25. YOUTH OF THE YEAR The Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago held its annual Youth of the Year Gala, and one of the finalists was local McCartin Boys and Girls Club’s Kanoa Lee-Kline, who delivered a speech in the final part of the competition and too ..read more

Chicago Loop Alliance has announced dates for the return of Sundays on State, which will close parts of State Street in the Loop to vehicle traffic on Sunday, June 16, and Sunday, July 14, this summer. Sundays on State is free and open to the public and will take place this year on State Street from Lake to Adams Streets. Those who register to attend Sundays on State are automatically entered for a chance to win a $1,000 Loop staycation package. Learn more and register for free at LoopChicago.com/Sundays. Photo courtesy Chicago Loop Alliance Sundays on State brings together the publi ..read more

By Jane Lawicki Two experienced judges are vying for a ten-year term on the Illinois Supreme Court in the 1st District Democratic primary. As no candidates filed for the Republican primary, the winner of the contest likely will run unopposed in the November general election.   The rest of the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Joy V. Cunningham to the court in 2022 to fill the seat vacated by Anne Burke. Joy V. Cunningham. Cunningham said the courts need to keep up with technology to function efficiently and exhibit openness to the public, particularly with any perception of maleficen ..read more

By Dermot Connolly The Democratic primary race for Cook County state’s attorney is shaping up as one of the most competitive contests on March 19, with Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III pitted against each other in a bid to replace Kim Foxx. The winner will face Republican Bob Fioretti and Libertarian Andrew Charles Kopinski in the Nov. 5 general election. The two are running unopposed in their party primaries. Both Harris and O’Neill Burke describe themselves as “lifelong Democrats” and started their legal careers as assistant Cook County state’s attorneys before going off in differ ..read more

By Rick Romano Incumbent Congressional representatives in the 4th and 7th Districts are facing tough challengers in the Tuesday, March 19 Democratic primary. 4th District Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is the incumbent Democratic Congressional representative, having been elected in 2019 after serving on the Cook County Board, State Senate, and City Council. He holds two degrees from the University of Illinois Chicago. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Garcia serves as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Aviation, Highways and Transit, and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Mater ..read more

By William S. Bike Several candidates are running unopposed on March 19, so they are guaranteed to win their primary races. Congress Jonathan Jackson. Jonathan Jackson is the incumbent 1st District member of the U.S. House of Representatives, first having been elected two years ago. A Democrat, he is a member of the House committee on agriculture and its subcommittees on commodity markets; digital assets; rural development; and nutrition, foreign agriculture, and horticulture. He also serves on the House committee on foreign affairs and its subcommittee on Africa; the Congressional Progressive ..read more

Congress, 4th (D) Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Both incumbent 4th District Congressional representative Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Alderman Raymond A. Lopez want immigration reform, gun reform, and improved healthcare access and affordability. As an incumbent Garcia has a record of accomplishment for the district. His New Way Forward Act would find a more humane immigration solution than prison and deportation, enact background checks and gun trafficking crackdowns, and improve healthcare and education. Garcia has been an effective and progressive Congressional representative, and while Lopez offers some ..read more

Financial constraints did not permit Gazette Chicago to print a paper edition of the March 2024 issue, so articles are on the website only. We encourage our readers to tell their friends about the great articles previewing local elections, our political endorsements, and other news articles ..read more

Resourceful women struggling to overcome adversity are at the core of some of author Charlene Wexler’s most popular books. Her newest one, Farewell to South Shore, published in 2024 by Speaking Volumes, is no exception. “Farewell to South Shore taps into and articulates a woman’s emotions related to dealing with a changing society, particularly its expectations of women,” Wexler explained. Farewell to South Shore. In Farewell to South Shore, she introduces readers to 15-year-old Sherrie, who is growing up in a close-knit Jewish family in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sherrie lives in a build ..read more

Confused about all those judicial candidates running in the March 19 primary? See Injustice Watch’s judicial guide, which is available at injusticewatch.org/checkyourjudges, as well as the organization’s judicial election reporting, which is available at https://www.injusticewatch.org/topics/judges/judicial-elections ..read more