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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Civic life is blooming in New Jersey. In Newark, the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice has trained and paid everyday community members as Documenters to inform their neighbors about their ...

Chicago Documenters notes from Layla Brown-Clark, Katie Busch, Madeleine Davison, Katrina Herring and Brandi Scarber were used to help report this story. Find more public meeting coverage at ...

Editor’s note: Our Civic Reporting Fellowship reporting series, Decoding the City Budget, relied on extensive Documenters notes covering City Council budget hearings last fall. Find more public ...

The day begins in a circle. It’s 8 a.m. inside Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) Health Center. Chairs are drawn together, and the 23 men in the Green ReEntry program start their 15-minute ...

Queer Black Chicagoans have no trouble naming the mentors who inspired them as they shaped their young lives. For Leslie Givens, it was Boris Powell, a Chicago-based fashion designer who was “always ...

Welcome to Newswire — your weekly guide to Chicago government, civic action and what action we can take to make our city great, featuring public meeting coverage by City Bureau’s Documenters. Let’s ...

3,253 public meeting assignments were published across the Documenters Network, including notes, live tweets, audio, and special assignments. That brings our all-time total to over 12,000 completed ...