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Mayor Lori Lightfoot will have the opportunity to appoint members to over 100 city boards and commissions, from the Animal Care and Control Commission to the Board of Education to the Zoning Board of Appeals. This is bigger than City Council.
Here’s what people in North Lawndale and Garfield Park have to say.
An audio survey of churchgoers shows how the changing neighborhood has affected longtime residents.
We asked Chicagoans about photojournalism that they found impactful, and how they would use photos to portray their own neighborhoods.
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It requires dealing with three state agencies and potentially years of application review, but it might be worth it for multi-billion-dollar nonprofits like the University of Chicago.
The controversial proposal will determine the future of the Lincoln Park and Bucktown border.
Located in an unassuming part of the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, this is the massive warehouse where engineers store and repair Metra locomotives and cars.
Last summer, we asked Documenters to sit down with someone they know to discuss an election that was half a year away. Here’s what we learned.
The regional rail system is undergoing a budget crisis—but with the election of J.B. Pritzker as governor, Metra leadership is feeling optimistic.
While Illinois has made some progress in decreasing incarceration, criminal justice reformers say “e-carceration,” or house arrest, can be harmful, too.
Here’s what locals have to say.
Ami Gandhi explains how the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline can help you resolve voting issues on election day.
Will the federal consent decree for the Chicago Police Department reflect the concerns of these final public commenters?
A Court Program That Connects Participants to Services Instead of Prison Sentences Just Got Expanded
Adult Redeploy Illinois opens programs to people who were previously disqualified.
More men have been exonerated in the ongoing Ronald Watts corruption scandal. We spoke with a wrongful-convictions attorney who’s working the case.
Malcolm Rich, executive director of the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, offers a look back at Cook County Courts’ bond system over the past decade– and a look at what’s next.
We spoke with the head of Cook County’s alternative court system to find out more about how they divert people from jail and decrease incarceration rates.
We spoke with musician and educator Rashida Phillips to learn about how the School is evolving, what the role means for her and her family and how she defines Black generational wealth.