Government bodies in Chicago hold hundreds of meetings each month that are supposed to be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act.
The vast majority of these public meetings receive no media coverage and produce minimal public records.
We train and pay people to attend these meetings and publish the results in collaboration with local journalists.
Weekly reporting and analysis from our unique database, complete with news tips and featured stories—sent directly to your inbox.
Live-tweet threads, meeting notes, audio, video and more—produced by City Bureau’s trained Documenters.
Official local government meeting minutes, voting logs, agendas and transcripts presented, for the first time, in one central location.
A full calendar of local public governance meetings designed with transparency and civic education in mind.
