Follow along with us on Twitter/X and Instagram as we live-tweet the city budget vote. This webpage will also be updated as bingo squares are called. Sonal Soni is providing our regular Chicago ...

Leaving Wellesley College wasn’t a choice for Jess Maciuch — it was a necessity. After experiencing debilitating fatigue and brain fog, Maciuch (pronounced “maw-choo”) used her biology background to ...

On a cold, snowy morning in mid-March, Marielis Yepez, 30, and Adriana Valencia, 32, search for one particular contractor in a sea of customers loading their cars at a Southwest Side Home Depot. The ...

This year, City Bureau partnered with Cook County to design and implement. the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program, a groundbreaking initiative designed to promote digital inclusion through ...

My Block, My Hood, My City mentors teens from the South and West Sides, part of its mission to support Chicago’s youth in underserved communities. Young people go on educational field trips to foster ...

We are excited to welcome Eve Lacivita to the team as City Bureau’s new Director of Product! Eve is a Chicagoland native turned Idahoan, currently based in Boise. She boasts over 15 years of product ...

Forty-seven days after Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced his budget proposal, Chicago City Council approved the city’s 2025 spending plan Monday evening. It was a tight vote, 27 to 23, just one vote ...

Standing outside a Pilsen shelter on a spring day, Samuel, 27, observes the other residents as they transform the sidewalk along South Halsted Street into something akin to a Venezuelan street market.

State Rep. LaShawn Ford, an advocate for criminal justice reform, has spent his life serving Chicago in multifaceted ways. Since 2007, Ford has represented Illinois’ 8th District, which includes parts ...

“When the city [doesn't] shovel the sidewalk after it snows, it is extremely difficult to just go and pick up a few things from the store with my granddaughter. She doesn't know how to safely push me ...

It’s time for our fifth annual #ChiBudgetBingo, when we brainstorm a bingo board of things that could happen at City Council’s budget vote meeting, Chicago Documenters give you a play-by-play of the ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...