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Search results for keyword: Culture found in 446 News.

entertainment-and-culture
  • by david hall
Riot Fest 3-year deal to remain in Douglass Park approved by Chicago Park District

The new permit will help generate more than $3 million for the Park District, but critics are already voicing concerns.

chicago
  • by david hall
Illinois politicians, advocacy groups fight back as Trump cuts funding for libraries and museums

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have sued to challenge Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In 2024, the agency allocated $11.3 million to Illinois museums, libraries and archives.

education
  • by david hall
Trump administration freezes $790 million for Northwestern University

The pause comes amid a civil rights investigation at the university. A Northwestern spokesperson said federal funds drive lifesaving innovation at the university, which has not received official notice of the funding freeze.

Politics
  • by david hall
DOGE’s Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasts he’s nixing contracts and grants amid DOGE’s cost-cutting campaign. But those trims won’t hit SpaceX.