This story was produced in partnership with the Springboard Project at Type Investigations. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart raked in tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash from more than 100 of ...

Chicago’s school board president will be directly elected for the first time as more than 30 years of mayoral control ends.

Chicago’s school board president will be directly elected for the first time as more than 30 years of mayoral control ends.

Chicago’s school board president will be directly elected for the first time as more than 30 years of mayoral control ends.

White Sox’s 2026 campaign—and more importantly, what’s next for the team. Looking back at 2026 Ultimately, this ...

“People," photographed by Rose Blouin in Washington Park in 1987. Credit: Rose Blouin I gasped out loud the first time I saw one of Rose Blouin’s photos. In the summer of 1987, Blouin, a local ...

Since 2013, South Side Weekly’s Best of the South Side (BoSS) has celebrated the people, places and events that make the South Side an indelible vibe, a cherished destination, and most importantly, ...

Chicago launched an ambitious plan to keep residents from getting displaced as speculators swooped in, but some projects never happened, while others show modest results. Scenes from the Woodlawn ...

Across Chicago, safety-net hospitals (SNHs)—medical centers that provide healthcare for individuals regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay—are facing an uncertain future as the ...

David Chiko, one of the former high-ranking officials in Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office who was implicated in an alleged ghost-payrolling scheme in 2022, was allegedly involved in misconduct ...

W hen Border Patrol agents who took part in Operation Midway Blitz left Chicagoland last November, then-Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asserted “we aren’t leaving Chicago.” ...