Mayoral candidates Matt Brewer and Susana Mendoza, and at least eight school board candidates, called for an independent investigation last week: Michelle Pierre (1B), Kyna Lenhof (2B), Pete Gonzales ...

The district’s sitting inspector general lacks independence from the interests supporting Dominguez for school board ...

Election update: Have you requested your ballot for Chicago’s Nov. 3 school board elections? Join more than 3,000 Chicagoans who have requested their ballot here. Chicago is home to a “pay later” ...

Frederick Douglass learned to read in secret. He understood from a young age that literacy was, in his words, “the pathway from slavery to freedom.” But at Frederick Douglass Academy High School in ...

The Chicago Board of Education this week voted to pass a budget the district’s own CEO and CFO said was unbalanced. The roll call offers a clue. Of the eight members who voted against the budget or ...

A Juneteenth celebration in Roseland ended in a mass drive-by shooting that left at least 14 people wounded. It was the most horrifying moment in a stretch of violence that has pushed Chicago’s 2026 ...

Illinois primary season is in full swing, with Election Day just a month away. The political shakeup is unprecedented in the Chicago area. Five open congressional seats, plus an open seat for U.S.

Chicago City Council last week finalized six questions that will appear before Chicago voters. Compare that political food fight to what New York City voters will decide on their ballots this November ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will officially announce his re-election bid this afternoon following the Chicago Bears’ season opener. But when it comes to fighting corruption in city government, the ...

While cameras focused on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget speech last week, a quieter but more consequential story unfolded just 25 miles south of City Hall. Harvey, Illinois, a city long ...