Do you owe money for parking tickets and other unpaid fines? Here’s what you need to know about Chicago’s debt sale, debt ...

Chicago’s debt sale and what it means for YOU. Chicago is tapping Bank of America to carry out its unprecedented sale of city ...

Here’s what you need to know as the city takes another step toward selling off at least $1 billion worth of vehicle debt to a ...

The future of Chicago’s parking meters is being met with continued controversy. At the start of 2026, the current owners of Chicago Parking Meters — a consortium including Morgan Stanley, Allianz ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses crisis mental healthcare and mentions violent crime. Chicago Documenters notes from Nikebia Brown-Joseph, Katie Busch, Fabienne Elie, Ava Grubb, Holland Harmon, ...

Chicago Documenters notes from Layla Brown-Clark, Katie Busch, Madeleine Davison, Katrina Herring and Brandi Scarber were used to help report this story. Find more public meeting coverage at ...

Editor’s note: Our Civic Reporting Fellowship reporting series, Decoding the City Budget, relied on extensive Documenters notes covering City Council budget hearings last fall. Find more public ...

Take a doomscroll through the internet and the question “is that AI” might cross your mind more than once. Clickbait. A deepfake that’s strikingly realistic. A quote that sounds made up. Media ...

The day begins in a circle. It’s 8 a.m. inside Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) Health Center. Chairs are drawn together, and the 23 men in the Green ReEntry program start their 15-minute ...

You likely already know Jody. She’s not new to City Bureau—or to the work of building civic infrastructure. She joined the organization in 2022 as Documenters Network Deputy Director, rose to Managing ...

Queer Black Chicagoans have no trouble naming the mentors who inspired them as they shaped their young lives. For Leslie Givens, it was Boris Powell, a Chicago-based fashion designer who was “always ...

When a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district has generated more money than the city has committed for approved projects. Each year, officials move some of that extra money — a.k.a. a “sweep” — to ...