Chicago taxpayers paid $295 million between 2019 and 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News. In all, the city spent $491.7 million to resolve lawsuits alleging 1,643 Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct.

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Chicago Water Department Takes Heat for Sitting on Millions Earmarked for Lead Line Replacement

The Chicago Department of Water Management is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for lead line replacement, with little progress made in terms of swapping out the toxic pipes. City Council members want to know why.

Feds Threaten to Withhold CPS Grant Funds Due to Black Student Success Plan, Transgender Student Guidelines

| Matt Masterson

Cook County Officials Decry ‘Deceptive’ ICE Tactics as Immigration Operations Continue

| Matt Masterson

Federal Reserve Cuts Key Interest Rate for First Time This Year

| Associated Press

3 Chicago Preservation Projects Recognized in Annual Statewide Awards Program

| Eunice Alpasan

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| Associated Press

Donald Trump’s Threat to Target ‘Radical Left’ After Charlie Kirk Killing Raises Fears He’s Trying to Silence Foes

| Associated Press

Summer Heat Is Pushing Deeper Into Fall and New Report Says That’s Cause for Concern

| Patty Wetli

Stalemate Over Serious Chicago Police Discipline Cases to Continue as Illinois Supreme Court Weighs Police Union’s Plea to Intervene

| Heather Cherone

Chicago-Area Live Music Recommendations for Sept. 17-23

| Josh Terry

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Chicago Among Major US Cities That Are Slowly Sinking: Study

| Blake Thor

Fed Convenes Meeting With a Governor Newly Appointed by Trump and Another He Wants to Oust

| Associated Press

Key Panel of Illinois Lawmakers Objects to Department of Corrections’ Move to Scan Mail in Prisons

| Blair Paddock

FBI Director Kash Patel Clashes With Skeptical Democrats at Contentious Hearing

| Associated Press

WTTW News Explains: Why is Chicago Sinking?

| Abena Bediako

Elizabeth Catlett, a Master Artist With a Message, Gets Her Due at the Art Institute of Chicago

| Marc Vitali

‘I Think He’s Losing It’: Pritzker Brushes Aside Latest National Guard Threat From Trump

| Matt Masterson

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Concerned Americans Cannot Distinguish Between Presidents and Kings

| CNN

Robert Redford, Oscar-Winning Actor, Director and Indie Movie Patriarch, Dies at 89

| Associated Press

Chicago Should Hike Property Taxes Annually to Keep Pace With Inflation, Budget Task Force Recommends

| Heather Cherone

Sept. 15, 2025 - Full Show

| WTTW News

College Students on the State of Public Discourse Following Charlie Kirk’s Death

| Shelby Hawkins

Mexican Independence Day Celebrations Continue in Chicago Despite an ICE Crackdown

| Joanna Hernandez

Donald Trump Deploys National Guard to Memphis and Says Chicago Is Next

| Associated Press

Ragweed vs. Goldenrod: One of Them Makes You Sneeze, the Other is the Bee’s Knees

| Patty Wetli

2 More Developments Designed to Transform Chicago’s Financial District Into a Residential Neighborhood Advance

| Heather Cherone

5 CTA Stations Will Have Narcan Vending Machines Under Pilot Program

| Eunice Alpasan

A Framework Deal on TikTok Has Been Reached Between the US and China

| Associated Press

Key City Panel Unanimously Agrees to Pay $90M to Resolve 176 Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-Sgt. Ronald Watts

| Heather Cherone

ICE ‘Unwilling’ to Share Details After Agent Killed Suburban Man During Immigration Operation, Pritzker Says

| Matt Masterson

Gov. JB Pritzker Blasts Trump, Saying He ‘Fans the Flames of Division’ Amid Ice Raids, Charlie Kirk’s Killing

| Heather Cherone

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a Popular Two-Term Republican, Dies at 79

| Associated Press
 

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