Ald. Matt Martin (47th Ward) cited Chicago v. Morales (1999), where the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an anti-loitering ...

The Chicago Teachers Union finally has a new contract. After nearly a year of negotiations, the Chicago Board of Education ...

José Muñoz doesn’t have many photos of his childhood — almost all of them were lost between evictions and living in homelessness during his youth. His mother, an immigrant, worked two jobs to provide ...

On a Monday evening in March, teenagers and their parents attended an open house at the Arts + Public Life Arts Block in Washington Park. Julia Hinojosa, the associate director of education programs, ...

Nita Tennyson felt compelled to act after seeing her people in her community struggle to find basic resources and living supplies early in the COVID-19 pandemic and during widespread looting in 2020.

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, transgender Americans have repeatedly been in the crosshairs of his second administration. One of the first acts was an executive order limiting ...

The Green Social Housing ordinance aims to meet the need for affordable housing in Chicago without relying on federal funding. The ordinance would establish an independent nonprofit in charge of a ...

— Kirk Dillard, chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors speaking on the impending budget shortfall and subsequent massive service cuts One in 5 Chicago workers may lose ...

Illinoisans ages 42 to 64 who are in the country without legal status could lose health care coverage this summer. Gov. JB Pritzker’s FY26 budget proposal in February aims to end the Health Benefits ...

We are excited to welcome Rachel Birkahn Rommelfanger to the team as City Bureau’s new Director of Chicago Documenters! Rachel is a Chicagoland native, second-generation pastor and policy wonk. They ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...