Advocates on both sides of the political aisle push for immigration reform. And the impact of “Operation Midway Blitz” across the city.

Both Republicans and Democrats say that the system needs change, but for decades, they haven’t agreed on how to fix it. While some say there aren’t enough legal pathways for people to become citizens, others argue for tougher restrictions to discourage illegal immigration.

Since the launch of “Operation Midway Blitz,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reported that more than 3,000 people in the Chicago area were detained by federal immigration agents.

Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill to allow terminally ill adults to die on their own terms. And residents of a troubled South Shore building are being evicted.

Jerry Costello II, director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said the money being offered is not nearly enough to make up for the losses farmers are suffering.

Conflict in the Caribbean escalates as the U.S. seizes an oil tanker. And the new Cook County chief judge on his vision for the future.

Incredibly unusual, the use of U.S. forces to seize a merchant ship was a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on President Nicolás Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States.

Cook County has its first new chief judge in more than two decades after Charles Beach was sworn in to the position earlier this month.

The latest on the budget deadlock at City Hall. And tenants of the South Shore building raided by federal agents are being forced to move.

The legislation was designed to favor GOP candidates in the next year’s midterms. Republicans control the state Senate, but many have been hesitant or openly opposed to the idea of mid-decade redistricting.

Over the objections of the mayor, the Chicago City Council agreed to meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Dec. 23 in an attempt to hammer out a deal over the $16.6 billion spending plan.

Is the third time a charm? Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils another budget proposal. And Geoffrey Baer shows us why Chicago is known as “the city that works.”

From how the United Center transforms its basketball court into an ice hockey rink to how holiday packages arrive at your front door, the WTTW special “Chicago Works” brings to the forefront the often unseen work that helps keep the city running.