The state is seeing a larger decline in residents 18 and younger than any other state. It’s also getting older and seeing losses in its working-age population.
Climate models aren't generally specific enough to capture the reasons some urban neighborhoods are prone to flooding. A study in Chicago is examining both causes and remedies.
Jurors deadlocked in a bribery case involving Democratic state Sen. Emil Jones III, the third high-profile Illinois public corruption case to end inconclusively over the last several months.
Rather than limiting curfews to downtown, police could give teens a half-hour to disperse from any part of the city at any time.
For the first time in 15 years, the city and union reached a deal without a strike or strike vote. The agreement will increase spending by $1.5 billion, mostly for raises.
New federal rules require localities to get rid of all their lead water pipes in the next 10 years. Officials say they need help – and money.
Like his father, the city’s longest-serving mayor combined preternatural instincts with sheer audacity. Sometimes Richard M. Daley overreached, but he left his city better than he found it.
A study has found that Black drivers in Chicago receive approximately 54 percent of automated camera citations, but they make up 70 percent of police stops.
Brandon Johnson had promised to veto the ordinance that would continue the gunshot detection system but failed to make the move before the deadline. Political battles over the technology are ongoing.
Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed the Aldermen’s unanimous vote to keep the gunshot detection technology, saying the system doesn’t work well enough to justify its costs. Some residents are worried that without it, police response time will lag.
HUD’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program had over 85,000 participants nationwide as of June. Since the program began in 2008, homelessness among veterans in Illinois has decreased by half.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of “sacrifices that will be made” to account for the multimillion-dollar spending gap. City officials have cited declining state revenues and rising pension and personnel costs as the cause.
Groups of renters in five cities have formed a Tenant Union Federation to build power locally and advocate for changes to federal housing policy.
The average West Loop lease for a Class A building before COVID-19 was 30,000 square feet. For 2023 and 2024, the average is just 18,000. Companies are also looking for newer buildings with top-end amenities.
A study found that Chicago’s white families have the highest median net wealth ($210,000), while typical Black families report no wealth and U.S.-born Mexican families have just 19 percent of a typical white family’s wealth.
It’s a combination of factors ranging from corruption to unbalanced taxation to unfunded liabilities to lack of an entrepreneurial tradition. But the state also has many strengths it could build on.
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