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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Chicagoans eye an incoming presidential administration with the potential to drastically shift government programs, panelists at City’s Bureau’s latest Public Newsroom discussed how keeping elected ...

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 ...