The grant for nearly $40,000 comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

Rita Crundwell used her position as Dixon, Illinois, comptroller and treasurer to embezzle $53.7 million for her Quarter Horse breeding operation and lavish lifestyle.

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

Chicagoans will be hit, if City Council approves, for $33.75 million tied to notorious cops Reynaldo Guevara, Ronald Watts, ...

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Chicago is one of several US cities that are taking advantage of their bulk-buying power to spur new carbon-free energy development. “It’s a plan that gets the city to take action on climate ...

To date, the City of Chicago has spent more than $612 million providing emergency shelter and other services. NBC 5 Investigates found the bulk of that money - nearly $500 million - has gone to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The year 2024 marked the first time in five years the city of Chicago saw fewer than 600 murders. Still, 573 people in the city were murdered, according to data released by police ...

Chicagoans won’t see their 2025 property tax bills rise to cover the cost of a city-imposed hike, but they will have to dig deeper to cover a host of tax and fee hikes that a deeply divided Chicago ...

They can be ruinous for a city’s long-term fiscal health. At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than ...