Like others before them, recent arrivals are turning to entrepreneurship — often in street vending or trades like barbering — ...

Organizers who work in education, homelessness and housing justice shared several tips on how Chicagoans can get more ...

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 ...

Northwestern University researcher Jess Maciuch says Long Covid, chronic illness and disability have been overlooked during ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...