Mayor Brandon Johnson released his proposed 2026 budget for the City of Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 16. As in previous years, ...

Explore the Chicago police budget and learn how the department consistently overspends its budget from 2022 to 2024.

On Monday, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will report to federal prison. This is far more than a personal downfall. It’s proof that our current system remains vulnerable, permissive […] ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed municipal budget for the 2026 fiscal year is scheduled for release on Wed. Oct. 16, with departmental budget hearings beginning the Wednesday after. Get the ...

According to OBM, those adjustments are standard accounting practice and do not need to be specified in ordinance for the ...

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The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice curfews. Two days later, Mayor Brandon Johnson issued the first veto in 19 ...

A series of new lobbying priorities announced by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press conference last week included tweaks to revenues the city currently receives from the state government, but ...

Photo of the Illinois State Capitol. In 2023, the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services launched a probation and pretrial electronic monitoring program for 70 of Illinois’ 102 counties. It has since ...

In a memo sent Friday to the Chicago City Council’s ethics committee, city Inspector General Deborah Witzburg laid out a series of what her office characterizes as obstructions by the city’s law ...