Speakers were divided on whether CPS should include a projected $300 million TIF surplus in the 2026 budget.

Speakers were divided on whether CPS should include a projected $300 million TIF surplus in the 2026 budget.

Speakers were divided on whether CPS should include a projected $300 million TIF surplus in the 2026 budget.

Speakers were divided on whether CPS should include a projected $300 million TIF surplus in the 2026 budget.

S ummer on the South Side peaks with the annual tradition known as the Bud Billiken Parade, which marks the upcoming ...

The Bud Billiken Parade, a South Side tradition since 1929, took place this past weekend.

A clause in the county’s contract lets an information system designed for crime victims funnel sensitive data to ICE-contracted LexisNexis.

A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level.

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President Donald Trump and his Republican cronies in Congress have finally managed to kill the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the nonprofit that helps fund National Public Radio (NPR) and ...

Chicago’s mental health crisis teams were meant to replace police with clinicians. Bureaucratic dysfunction and fading federal support now threaten their survival.

This story was copublished by Invisible Institute and the Chicago Reader. Illustration by Injustice Watch. John Poulos’s past might have prevented him from being hired by the Chicago Police Department ...