“A transparent and effective budgeting process for the third-largest city in the nation is not one that's going to happen in 60 days.” — Deborah Witzburg, Chicago’s inspector general, agreeing with ...

Join us for our next Public Newsroom at City Bureau where we’ll come together to brainstorm specific strategies to hold elected officials accountable when it comes to Chicago’s first elected school ...

Join us for our next Public Newsroom at City Bureau, where we’ll come together to brainstorm specific strategies to hold elected officials accountable when it comes to Chicago’s first elected school ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

Summer 2022: Are policymakers keeping their promises to reduce racial disparities in the economic fallout of the pandemic? We’ll learn from low- and moderate-income Chicagoans how economic policy ...

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An analysis of data and interviews with political insiders shows how momentum for strong police accountability measures was halted in City Council. In the wake of the November 2015 release of a video ...

The story of Black generational wealth in Chicago is expansive. From the founding of the city by Black Haitian-American Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to the Great Migration to now, Black people have ...

With Election Day approaching, some South Siders are skeptical about how much local leaders care about their daily struggles and needs. City Bureau Civic Reporting fellows interviewed residents in ...

Chicago Documenters is our local hub for civic action and public oversight of local government through local media. We train and pay Chicagoans like you to attend public meetings and publish the ...

Driving around Black neighborhoods in Chicago, you see a lot of currency exchanges. While reporting on wealth in Black communities this summer, Tonia Hill wanted to know what their impact is on ...