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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.
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.
Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.
By short-circuiting the conversation, as Rahm Emanuel did, the new mayor risks further polarizing the debate over police reform.
Ticket fine reform is coming to Chicago, but one key measure requires state legislation.
All of the proposals are important, but addressing the affordable housing shortfall will require that the Chicago Housing Authority return to its original mission of directly providing housing.
In a media misinformation blitz, the outgoing mayor rewrites his record on police reform and schools.
As officials revisit one of Rahm Emanuel’s most controversial policies, providers have different ideas for how to restore care to the many patients who have fallen through the cracks.
Lone Star Funds, one of two major investors in the TIF-backed Lincoln Yards project, has a business model that aggressively drives up foreclosures and evictions in low-income communities, according to reports.