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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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses crisis mental healthcare and mentions violent crime. Chicago Documenters notes from Nikebia Brown-Joseph, Katie Busch, Fabienne Elie, Ava Grubb, Holland Harmon, ...

The future of Chicago’s parking meters is being met with continued controversy. At the start of 2026, the current owners of Chicago Parking Meters — a consortium including Morgan Stanley, Allianz ...

Passed in the summer of 2021, the ordinance established structures for both citywide and hyperlocal input on Chicago’s public safety infrastructure via the seven-member appointed Community Commission ...

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