Under the city’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which was modified in 2021, Chicago Police cannot set up a traffic perimeter or ...

Join City Bureau leaders for an information session about the fellowship. Presenters will detail what we look for in successful applications and what fellows learn as part of the program, followed by ...

A version of this story was first published in the July 2, 2025 issue of the Newswire, an email newsletter that is your ...

Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts organizations to maintain their art practices.

As housing prices skyrocket, some of Chicago's young adults are living with their families in order to remain in their communities.

We’re excited to welcome two new newsrooms in two new states into our growing network of participatory civic media! Columbia Gorge Documenters, powered by Uplift Local More than 120 public meetings ...

Previously and currently incarcerated people in Illinois can’t vote or face numerous hurdles to cast a ballot. Several initiatives in Chicago aim to make that process easier and more accessible.

why do workers in Illinois need DALE? Workers don’t like to speak up about work violations. They don't raise a flag about what they witness due to fear of losing their jobs. The federal DALE program ...

Wage theft, sub-minimum wage rates, and clashes with Home Depot security personnel — including off-duty Chicago Police Department officers — have made it precarious for recently arrived migrants to ...

Five recently arrived migrants say criminal trespassing enforcement at a Southwest Side Home Depot has escalated to alleged physical assaults by security personnel, including multiple off-duty Chicago ...

City Bureau and Invisible Institute, two nonprofit newsrooms based in Chicago, have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for the “Missing in Chicago” series, written by Sarah Conway and ...