The city's new social media tax, implemented in January, is the main funding earmarked to build out a citywide Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program in 2027 — but a lawsuit could derail ...

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The future of Chicago’s parking meters is being met with continued controversy. At the start of 2026, the current owners of Chicago Parking Meters — a consortium including Morgan Stanley, Allianz ...

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Rakya Graham, 23, is a painter and poet studying art at Harold Washington College in the Loop. Still, her only paying job — a server at The Cheesecake Factory — has nothing to do with her artistic ...

Editor’s note: Our Civic Reporting Fellowship reporting series, Decoding the City Budget, relied on extensive Documenters notes covering City Council budget hearings last fall. Find more public ...

It wasn't until Michelle Kennedy left Bronzeville for City Planning graduate school in the 1990s that she learned her Chicago neighborhood’s name. After observing a classmate's presentation on the ...

Marion Turner moved to Wicker Park in the 1950s when vacant buildings and crime were common and the city’s disinvestment in the neighborhood was painfully apparent. In the 70s, Turner started looking ...

SirJayden Addison has been involved with Crushers Club since he was 9. The South Side community organization, which serves at-risk boys and young men year-round, has consistently supported him into ...

The sun has set, and the gym pulses with energy at Midnight Basketball in Austin. Along parallel walls, bold letters spell out BUILD, with the words “Hope, Lives, Futures” painted just beneath — more ...