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Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed accountability for the officers, but the penalties have been softened or eliminated, mostly in arbitration.

A group of African American leaders is trying to stop the closure of a once-lauded Chicago charter school for Black boys.

Calls to 311 for shelter have surged since migrants began arriving here by the busload, the third such surge since 2019. Fixing the overburdened system will be a tough test for Mayor Johnson’s administration.

Ten years ago Chicago Public Schools leaders voted to close 50 public schools. WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times examined the promises made to students and communities in 2013.

Chicago can’t change what happened 10 years ago, when City Hall closed dozens of schools despite warnings that it was a terrible idea. But CPS is at a make-or-break moment now. The mistakes of the past should be motivation to do better for students moving forward.

About nine months into operating the clinic for asylum seekers, Cook County Health is facing at least a $40 million drop in revenue this year. A number of financial woes are colliding.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Ms. Toney Parker had just been offered her dream job as head of diversity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but colon cancer claimed her life.

After an appellate court ruling that said the sheriff was ambiguous on restrictions, Dart’s office says residents on EM “are not permitted to be in common areas of multi-unit buildings, including but not limited to vestibules, laundry facilities, mailrooms or other units unless authorized.”