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Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
With the city facing a budget crisis, the CHA may be best positioned to address Chicago’s affordable housing crisis.
Family-supporting jobs could be threatened in a longtime manufacturing district, while many issues remain unresolved following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF district.
The city is spending millions on creating jobs to clean up vacant lots and green public spaces in areas with high shooting rates, an approach backed by research on blight and crime.
The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.
Chicago officials are accused of manipulating the process for the megaproject to qualify for $1.3 billion in financing from the city.
Supt. Eddie Johnson’s misleading new portal on gun offenders reinforces his distorted view of how our justice system is supposed to work.
Here’s everything you need to know about the latest developments and challenges to the Obama Presidential Center.
Backtracking on her campaign commitment to criminal justice reform, the mayor calls for locking more people up in Cook County.
By short-circuiting the conversation, as Rahm Emanuel did, the new mayor risks further polarizing the debate over police reform.