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Legal Miscalculation In Police Code Of Silence Case Costs Chicago $4.5 Million

Chicago rejected an offer to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit at no cost. The city now owes $1.9 million plus millions in legal fees.

An Illinois school district at the center of a national fight over transgender student rights is proposing full access to locker rooms.

If you're about to read 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood — but you don’t want to read it alone — then you’ve come to the right podcast.

The federal subpoena targets 17 organizations with ties to the Rev. Leon Finney, Jr., who was a close ally of Chicago mayors for decades.

The city could have settled a police misconduct case. Now it's costing taxpayers millions. That story and more are in today's Rundown.

Chicago’s roof and porch lottery gives lower-income homeowners a chance to get these big-ticket home repairs paid for by the city.

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New from WBEZ Chicago, 'Motive' is a true crime podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Main of the Chicago Sun-Times.

This year alone, city policy required Uber and Lyft to suspend more than 15,500 people — about 15% of local ride-share drivers.

Millions of Americans are impacted by the criminal justice system each year. The Marshall Project and WBEZ are telling their stories.

Nonviolence groups barbecued and put up bouncy houses to show that the community isn’t defined by one horrific act.

Federal education officials called Chicago Public Schools' handling of sexual abuse complaints "tragic and inexcusable."

Chicago Public Schools is adding 100 classrooms as part of a plan to offer preschool for all 4-year-olds. But not everyone wants it.

From driving to drug tests — quick hit answers to your questions about legal pot in Illinois.