RTA officials implored the Illinois General Assembly to take action and allocate the necessary funds to stave off the crisis ...

The Green Social Housing ordinance aims to meet the need for affordable housing in Chicago without relying on federal funding ...

Join City Bureau and our Winter 2025 Fellows for a specially curated Social Hour offering insights to young adults who are looking for help jump-starting their career! Come build community with young ...

In South Shore's rapidly changing economy and real estate market, affordable housing and jobs remain elusive. City Bureau reporters spoke with neighbors about what it’s like for young adults, ages ...

It’s Nov. 4, 2024 — a foggy Monday afternoon in Chicago. In less than 36 hours, voters will elect Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Chicago Votes is hosting its last phone ...

José Muñoz doesn’t have many photos of his childhood — almost all of them were lost between evictions and living in homelessness during his youth. His mother, an immigrant, worked two jobs to provide ...

On a Monday evening in March, teenagers and their parents attended an open house at the Arts + Public Life Arts Block in Washington Park. Julia Hinojosa, the associate director of education programs, ...

Nita Tennyson felt compelled to act after seeing her people in her community struggle to find basic resources and living supplies early in the COVID-19 pandemic and during widespread looting in 2020.

We are excited to welcome Rachel Birkahn Rommelfanger to the team as City Bureau’s new Director of Chicago Documenters! Rachel is a Chicagoland native, second-generation pastor and policy wonk. They ...

The Chicago Housing Authority is on the hunt for a new CEO. The agency has formed a search committee to replace Tracey Scott, who left the housing agency in 2024 amid growing criticism about the ...