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Semicolon Bookstore opens second location on Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Chicago woman creates business combining love for baking, pets

Chicago woodworker provides the art of sustainable carpentry

Illinois Asian American Caucus puts support behind Kamala Harris

Gen Z using social media to show support for VP Kamala Harris

As Chicago Restaurant Week kicks off, Pullman chef Dominique Leach hosts "First Bites Bash"

Fueling company in Morris, Illinois, exhibits possibilities for women in leadership

Dental group in West Loop is making oral care more accessible

New art exhibit in Chicago feature works from inmates serving life sentences

Alexis Thomas-Rice explains start of Funeral Potatoes

Rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer Baby Tate spoke to CBS 2's Jamaica Ponder fresh off of her first performance at Lollapalooza 2022.

Chicago social media influencers Black People Outside seek to teach value of the outdoors

Woman creates Honor Period menstrual products - saving money, environmentally friendly

N'DIGO Studios trains students in content creation

Employee-owned hardware store celebrates 100 years

5 new Big Brothers Big Sisters offices opening in Chicago area

Chicago nonprofit helping students, parents attend college for free through scholarship program

Nonprofit hosts accessible digital photo processing and development laboratory in West Town

CBS News Chicago's Jamaica Ponder talks with rapper D.Carr, who is performing at Lollapalooza this year.

New over-the-counter birth control pills hits shelves

Chicago artist is serving up Crappy Cake Art across the city

Kids and authors come together at the Black Child Book Fair

Former beauty editor starts own Black skincare brand

SleepOnLatex mattress company in suburban Chicago launches "Earthfoam" brand

CBS 2's Jamaica Ponder takes us to 37 Oaks where a Chicago businesswoman is helping entrepreneurs get their products to markets big and small.

Hendricks the therapy dog brightens days at Lincoln Park seniors' home

Organizers hope to make Sueños Music Festival into a Chicago tradition

The Chicago Love Fridge is celebrating its second year operating free community refrigerators around the city.

Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor applied for a Chicago Housing Authority voucher decades ago says she hit a wall regarding her eligibility at the time.

The Experimental Aviation Association brought their WWII B-25 bomber "Berlin Express" to Sugar Grove for tours of the sky, and CBS News Chicago's Jamaica Ponder joined them for a flight.

Chicago business program aims to grow Latino businesses in Rogers Park

Elevated Chicago wants leaders in 'car centric' city to address inequities in mass transit access

Chicago Drives Electric shifts, consumers, into a new (quieter) lane with more EV options

Our full CBS News Chicago special as the official 2022 Race to Mackinac set sail on Lake Michigan. Brad Edwards is in the newsroom, Jamaica Ponder is at the Chicago Yacht Club, and first mate Mary Kay Kleist has your forecast.

Chicago author uses poetry, symbolism to write new legacy for Black men

Poet Harold Green III honors Black women with new book "Black Roses"