On Friday, the City Council's Finance Committee will be asked to authorize a settlement with the family of Stacy Vaughn-Harrell, a 47-year-old woman who died in 2017 after being hit by a car fleeing ...

Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its Chicago area affiliate organizations the South Side Help Center (SSHC) and CALOR will team to host a street protest and give testimony before the Chicago ...

The bootstrap effect stretches well beyond hotels, as vendors, transit systems and gig workers also report a noticeable uptick around marathon weekend. The marathon’s charity engine also hit a new ...

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee has a real doozy of a proposed legal settlement on its agenda for Friday.

Chicago’s budget for the 2026 fiscal year, enacted just before its Dec. 31st deadline, made history when it passed without the mayor’s support or approval. Mayor Brandon Johnson lacked the […] ...

The network’s leaders have insisted two high schools they operate will remain open at least until the end of the school year, but CPS officials say the charter doesn't have a clear financial plan to ...

District officials say they will help students at the financially distressed charter network transition to other schools next month as the future of two high schools run by ASPIRA hangs in the balance ...

A key City Council panel voted 15-18 to reject a proposal to pay $8.3 million to the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a driver being chased by Chicago police. Dominga Flores Gomez, 55, ...

The city of Portage is throwing a hail Mary pass at a privately-funded Chicago Bears stadium built on city-owned land, city officials said Tuesday. Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has ...

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As the City of Chicago mulls getting taxpayers to cough up on unpaid parking tickets, water bills and other fines, it turns out municipal workers themselves owe a total $23.5 million in such debts.