Stories by Matt Masterson

The University of Chicago is among dozens of universities and colleges that have agreed to terminate their partnerships with a nonprofit that helps students from underrepresented groups get degrees in business.

 The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.

A new study examines the Chicago Police Department’s use of force. And lawmakers react to the governor’s budget address.

Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his annual budget address Wednesday, proposing a $56 billion spending plan as the state faces a $2.2 billion budget gap and near-weekly threats of losing federal funding.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has implemented a new protocol that calls for the use of all available prosecutorial tools to support investigations into the use of force by federal immigration officers.

The “Neighborhood Conditions for Adults with Disabilities in Chicago” report released Monday aimed to better understand the experiences and needs of Chicagoans with disabilities across neighborhoods. The report was created in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities and the Chicago Department of Public Health.

A federal judge on Thursday handed Fidel Marquez a two-year sentence of probation along with a $50,000 fine, more than five years after he entered a guilty plea to a bribery charge.

The study, conducted by social scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Pennsylvania blamed “systemic factors” for the disparity, not the actions of individual officers.

The rule said a veteran’s disability level would be based on how well they function while on medication for an injury or illness and not simply having the impairment itself.

The two-study standard for drugs dates to the early 1960s, when Congress passed a law requiring the FDA to review data from “adequate and well-controlled investigations” before clearing new medications.

The unique size and shape of the bones from Spinosaurus mirabilis — the first Spinosaurus species discovered in over a century — gives important clues to the history of spinosaurids on Earth.

An Indiana House committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 27, which would create a public stadium authority with the power to acquire land, issue long-term bonds and finance the construction of a stadium and related facilities.

Vehicles across the city were coated in dirt Wednesday thanks to a perfect storm of events.

Rainbow/PUSH announced that Jackson, who passed away this week at the age of 84, will be laying in state at the coalition’s office — located at 930 E. 50th Street — on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 ahead of a funeral next weekend.

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s annual budget address gets sentimental. And a legal and spiritual victory as local clergy members are able to go inside the Broadview ICE facility.

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson may have been born in South Carolina, but he lived most of his life as a Chicagoan.

It was a legal and spiritual victory for local clergy members who were given access to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview on Wednesday.

City law requires the Chicago Police Department to provide updates abouts its progress in crafting a system designed to alert officials about which officers have been the subject of repeated police misconduct allegations.

The EPA repealed the key underpinning of greenhouse gas emission regulations. Now environmental and health advocates are taking the agency to court.

Richard Zuley, who spent 30 years as a CPD detective, testified that he never verbally or physically assaulted Anthony Garrett, who was sentenced to 100 years in prison following his conviction in the shooting death of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis.

Birders inadvertently provided researchers at Loyola University with a key bit of documentation related to invasive species and microplastics.

Members of the Jackson family, at times fighting back tears, spoke about the impact the Rev. Jesse Jackson has had on them. They highlighted his fight against injustice and inequality throughout his life, especially in his advocacy for voter rights, education and ending poverty.

Facing a projected $2.2 billion gap and massive uncertainty over federal funding flowing into Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday proposed a $56 billion state budget plan for fiscal year 2027 beginning July 1.

Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, received approximately 38% of the 3,900 votes cast during a little-advertised online contest.

Thirteen lawsuits naming former Chicago Police Department Reynaldo Guevara have now been resolved, with 38 lawsuits pending.