News coverage of Chicago, produced by City Bureau reporters and Documenters. To see special projects created in our Civic Reporting Programs, go to Collections.
City Bureau interviewed former Chicago Public School students, parents and teachers to see what priorities are shaping the upcoming School Board election.
“Perfect Storm” is a series produced by City Bureau in partnership with local organizations in the Documenters Network focused on how federal funding instability is affecting local communities.
Crime prevention, public health surveillance, and disaster preparedness programs across the country are getting hit by federal funding instability and the end of COVID-era grants.
Chicago used federal money to launch two pandemic-era programs to help renters with cash and legal assistance to keep them housed. But it failed to keep them funded.
