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Heather Cherone | Jared Rutecki | July 22, 2025, 4:38 pm The city of Chicago spent approximately $510.9 million on employee overtime in 2024 — 1.5% less than in 2023, with more than half of the total amount used to compensate Chicago Police Department officers for working extra hours, according to records obtained by WTTW News. The…

Changes to a city ordinance make it easier to build ‘by-right’ car-free developments near train stations and pave the way for more affordable housing. July 23, 2025, 6:00 AM PDT By Diana Ionescu Writing in Streetsblog Chicago, Steven Vance and John Greenfield praise the city of Chicago’s recent move to eliminate parking minimums near train stations…

by: Jenna Barnes, Ethan Illers Posted: Jul 8, 2025 / 07:22 PM CDT   CHICAGO (WGN) – Elected officials and local leaders gathered in downtown Chicago Tuesday to discuss their concerns now that President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” is law. WGN-TV listened in on a roundtable discussion with the American Civil Liberties Union and several Democratic members…

Chicago-area research labs and community health clinics are navigating illegal funding stoppages, censorship, and increasing anti-LGBTQ+ violence under President Donald Trump. by Devyn-Marshall Brown (DMB) June 25, 2025 John Peller’s two decades as an AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) staff member have been marked by highs and lows. In 2010, after President Barack Obama signed the…

New leadership and looming budget problems are on the horizon for Chicago Public Schools. by Maureen Kelleher June 26, 2025 June 18 was the last day on the job for Pedro Martinez, the long-embattled chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools. Only a week before he left, the Chicago Board of Education narrowly voted to appoint…

Emma Bradford/Cronkite News July 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours. “People are spending a lot of time…

Travis Bradley/Cronkite News July 2, 2025 PHOENIX — The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center wasn’t always a national landmark. Nearly 100 years ago, it was the Phoenix Union Colored High School – a symbolic representation of the reprehensible race relations in the Valley during the 1920s. Today, it is affectionately known as “The…

ABC15 talked with Marion and her husband, Bob Auray, who founded what is now the Companion Animal Program at St. Vincent De Paul in Phoenix. By: Kaley O’Kelley Posted 6:48 AM, Jul 01, 2025 PHOENIX — It started with a simple question asked over lunch. Marion Auray, who had spent years working in animal rescue, was chatting…

Sebastian Mondaca Sepulveda/Cronkite News June 9, 2025 PHOENIX – While President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles has garnered national attention, a quieter storyline is unfolding at high schools in Arizona. Young athletes from diverse backgrounds are speaking out as they witness the growing fears in their communities surrounding deportation.…

Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune Sat, July 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM CDT You wouldn’t guess that Matt Keeth has a severe visual impairment from the way he skateboarded up and down Chicago’s Disability Pride Parade in the Loop — if not for the red-and-white striped cane he rolls in front of him. Keeth, 31, a…