Chicago taxpayers have spent more than $189.3 million so far this year to resolve police misconduct lawsuits. For some, the issue raises concerns about the city’s finances. Others argue financial pains are necessary to ignite meaningful change.

According to the Chicago Police Department, 56% of homicide cases were cleared last year, but only 23% resulted in an arrest. Gun violence advocates say discrepancies in reporting and poor communication with victims is leaving survivors without badly needed answers.

What’s behind Chicago’s low homicide clearance rates. And the city’s queer ballroom culture takes center stage.

Ballroom’s pageantry comes to life in the form of balls. Participants and houses compete in various categories for prizes, money and trophies. Some of the categories are: Runway, Vogue Femme, and Realness.

Chicago’s lakefront is famously open and free. So why is a prime section of Montrose Beach roped off every summer? Because it’s for the birds. Literally. The piping plovers. WTTW News explains.

Gov. JB Pritzker makes it official — he’s running for a third term. And the interim CPS CEO says Chicago schools face an even higher deficit than had been reported.

It’s official: Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s running for a third term. And we hear from some Congress members who got turned away from ICE facilities.

Some members of Congress are saying they’ve been turned away from local ICE facilities as they seek transparency on the conditions detainees are experiencing. Federal appropriations law allows members of Congress to perform oversight of these facilities, unannounced.

For the people who sell copies of the magazine, it’s more than just a job. It’s often their way out of challenges such as poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues.

Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from searching vehicles based on the smell of raw cannabis, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department.

Anger over a failed ceasefire. And will Gov. JB Pritzker run for a third term?

On Day 1 of a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel that has already been violated, President Donald Trump vented his frustration with both countries. Trump commented, “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f--- they’re doing.”

The latest on the aftermath of U.S. airstrikes on Iran. And the White House plans to shut down a key LGBTQ+ hotline service.