School officials say it’ll make the English Second Language curriculum more flexible, but critics say the most vulnerable students will be shortchanged.
The Chicago City Council could take up a vote at this week’s council meeting.
Certain city workers are required to disclose when they earn money outside their government jobs—but this year, 50 didn’t do so on time.
The state, with its significant hard-to-count population, could lose power and money if there’s not a full count in 2020.
The changes were meant to increase community input for CPS decisions. But one vote made this week caused skepticism among attendees.
Last week, a Chicago Office of the Inspector General follow-up found that not much has changed despite its 5 actionable recommendations.
Alderman Taylor says Lightfoot curbs aldermanic privilege, excludes input on decisions.
We’ll be experimenting with different ideas throughout the summer on what information and context we share and how we present it, and we need your help.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will have the opportunity to appoint members to over 100 city boards and commissions, from the Animal Care and Control Commission to the Board of Education to the Zoning Board of Appeals. This is bigger than City Council.
Here’s what people in North Lawndale and Garfield Park have to say.
An audio survey of churchgoers shows how the changing neighborhood has affected longtime residents.
We asked Chicagoans about photojournalism that they found impactful, and how they would use photos to portray their own neighborhoods.
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It requires dealing with three state agencies and potentially years of application review, but it might be worth it for multi-billion-dollar nonprofits like the University of Chicago.
The controversial proposal will determine the future of the Lincoln Park and Bucktown border.
Located in an unassuming part of the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, this is the massive warehouse where engineers store and repair Metra locomotives and cars.
Last summer, we asked Documenters to sit down with someone they know to discuss an election that was half a year away. Here’s what we learned.
The regional rail system is undergoing a budget crisis—but with the election of J.B. Pritzker as governor, Metra leadership is feeling optimistic.
While Illinois has made some progress in decreasing incarceration, criminal justice reformers say “e-carceration,” or house arrest, can be harmful, too.
Here’s what locals have to say.