From makeshift studios on the South Side to the bright lights of Downtown runways, young entrepreneurs are redefining fashion ...

City Bureau teamed up with ranked choice voting proponents for a night of pizza and discussion over how Illinois could alter its voting method. By Abena Bediako ...

The Budget Committee later approved the budget's spending plan by a 21 to 13 vote, sending the revised $16.6 billion plan to City Council and increasing the possibility of passing a budget by ...

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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed Chicago in 2025, here is how the city's alders responded, with quotes, ...

Learn more about City Bureau's impact across collaborative community-centered journalism and browse our Annual Reports. As a national organization based in Chicago, City Bureau’s programs include our ...

Work requirement changes mean SNAP benefits are at risk for veterans, parents with older kids, people experiencing ...

The sun has set, and the gym pulses with energy at Midnight Basketball in Austin. Along parallel walls, bold letters spell out BUILD, with the words “Hope, Lives, Futures” painted just beneath — more ...

As federal immigration crackdowns hit Chicago in the second half of 2025, agents also targeted and threatened journalists, neighbors, elected officials and protesters who tried to document raids and ...

For Alia Bilal, the most important part of community organizing is rooted in faith and built across generations. She grew up on Chicago’s South Side and attended an Islamic school in suburban ...