Plus, your local election guides
City Bureau interviewed former Chicago Public School students, parents and teachers to see what priorities are shaping the upcoming School Board election.
Plus, how federal cuts affect local communities
Plus, judge rules on gas rate hike
“Perfect Storm” is a series produced by City Bureau in partnership with local organizations in the Documenters Network focused on how federal funding instability is affecting local communities.
Crime prevention, public health surveillance, and disaster preparedness programs across the country are getting hit by federal funding instability and the end of COVID-era grants.
Chicago used federal money to launch two pandemic-era programs to help renters with cash and legal assistance to keep them housed. But it failed to keep them funded.
Plus, judge rules on gas rate hike
Plus, Board of Education elections begin
Plus, update on the parking meters sale
Plus, a recap on the Illinois Commerce Commission
“It’s like trying to drain a swimming pool with a straw.”
Resources for affordable housing, eviction, homeless shelters, and daily needs for people facing housing insecurity in Chicago.
Plus, picking Chicago’s next police superintendent
With thousands at risk of eviction, homelessness advocates and survivors are navigating federal funding instability and lacking local funding in the city's budget.
Plus, changes are coming to Newswire
With cases on the rise, funding for gender-based violence support in Chicago is falling increasingly short of meeting heightened need. As a result, survivors are falling through the cracks.
Plus, get up to speed on the issue
Plus, elections are coming up…
Plus, you pick the school board