By the time three Pilsen tenants began writing letters to their landlord requesting repairs in May 2023, water was dripping from the ceiling of a ...

In their end-of-session dash to pass a state budget, Illinois lawmakers put off consideration of proposed reforms to property ...

This project was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

When Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home of 74-year-old Velma Lewis with a battering ram, it wasn’t because she had committed a crime or had a warrant issued for her arrest. It ...

When he announced his candidacy for Cook County judge, Chicago Police Lt. John D. Poulos touted the opportunity to “continue my public service, which spans 23 years.” It’s a career mired in ...

Two of the 77 Cook County judges running for retention in November claim homestead exemptions on Will County houses they have owned for years, Injustice Watch discovered as part of research for its ...

The Cook County inspector general accused former public defender Amy Campanelli of inappropriately sharing data on her office’s youth clients to benefit a nonprofit organization where she later took a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Doryion Booker pauses for a portrait as he sifts through a binder of documents related to his ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Griselda Vega Samuel, left, and Steve Demitro campaign on Chicago’s Southwest Side as they compete ...