Emanuel To Reappoint Vocal Critic As Head Of Police Board
Lori Lightfoot, who headed the police accountability task force, had been waiting for the decision since her term ended Monday.
Lori Lightfoot, who headed the police accountability task force, had been waiting for the decision since her term ended Monday.
The two are charged with stabbing a 26-year-old man to death on the 10th floor of a luxury apartment building on State Street.
Last month, an attorney won a settlement from the city over red light camera tickets. Now she’s taking aim at distracted driving tickets.
This summer, we’re sending a journalist, a photographer and a poet out together to reflect the human measure of Chicago’s shootings
This summer, we’re pairing a WBEZ reporter with a photographer and a poet to document the emotional weight of Chicago’s gun violence.
Illinois largely eliminated solitary confinement in youth prisons in 2015, but the ACLU says guards have come up with a worse solution.
Chicago’s Inspector General found repeated ‘hateful’ and offensive emails sent by water supervisors.
A lawsuit filed this week claims the Chicago Police Department’s gang database is ineffective and unfair.
Each year hundreds of high schoolers from across the Chicago area compete in the Louder Than A Bomb poetry competition.It’s a beloved event, and for the last four years, the organizers have brought the slam-poetry festival to a group of young people who would otherwise be unable to experience it: kids locked up in jail.
With resignation of George Sheldon, Gov. Rauner is searching for the eighth child welfare director in four years.