The Chicago Transit Authority’s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare, as well as new crisis and community violence intervention programs. Calling the approvals a “historic moment,” acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen said the agency is positioning itself as a national leader on alternative interventions. Directors approved pilot programs with four different nonprofits for a total of $9 million.

“Who is worthy of a monument? That question circulated across the United States six years ago as the country reckoned with racial injustice in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, including who is represented by, or excluded from, our public symbols…. Chicago has offered its own answer: to commission new monuments or respond to existing ones, based on internal research that found the city had gaps in representation of

The woman who served as Kim Foxx’s top assistant in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office must sit for an under-oath deposition to explain why her office decided not to object to people convicted of murder receiving certificates of innocence even though Foxx personally believed some of the recipients were guilty.

Politicians keep talking about affordability. But they refuse to talk about the reason so much affordable housing has become undesirable

Johnson signed an executive order directing his administration to tighten oversight of existing and proposed data centers and write new regulations within 90 days. But a moratorium on new construction and major expansions — which Johnson said should remain in place until those rules are finished — would require City Council approval.

A politically connected nonprofit at the center of a dispute with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s health department appealed to the mayor while competitively bidding for millions in city anti-violence funding, records show. The political ties between Acclivus and Johnson have raised concerns from some good government experts, given the close involvement of Johnson’s senior adviser, Jason Lee, who waded into the flap over the nonprofit’s 2026 grant size and an audit into its data reporting practices this year.