According to the National Weather Service, heat conditions are considered extreme when the following conditions are met: When ...

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 ...

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

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

Learn more about City Bureau's impact across collaborative community-centered journalism and browse our Annual Reports. As a national civic media lab based in Chicago, City Bureau builds ...

Join a virtual workshop series with City Bureau and Grist! In this workshop, you will create a custom preparedness resource for you and your family, and start to coordinate adaptations of the larger ...

Since 2016, the Documenters program has paid and trained community members to witness and take notes at local public meetings. The program originally emerged to equip residents to fill local ...

This article was first published in the Documenters Newswire newsletter on January 20, 2023. Note that while the official term for a City Council member is “alderman,” Documenters Newswire uses “alder ...

Explore data on how every precinct in Illinois voted on the U.S. President, U.S. Senate and the Illinois tax amendment. Support City Bureau’s community-centered reporting by becoming a City Bureau ...

They’re eager to work. They bring a host of skills and experience, including in higher education, banking, construction work, clothing design and mechanics. Still, recently arrived migrants are ...

This week City Bureau and the Documenters Network won the Stronger Democracy Award, which will deliver $10 million to expand our participatory, civic media network across the country. It’s a major ...

At 20 years old, Kayla Perkins is already a veteran in the Chicago fashion scene. She began sketching designs at seven, launched her own brand at 11, and now works as a fashion production and ...