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Lawmakers said they again will consider the issue later this year. Meanwhile, Cook County will postpone its 2025 tax sale because of concerns over homeowners who fall behind on property taxes losing their homes and equity.

Campus police ticketed Black drivers more often than white motorists who were stopped, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of done by the Investigative Project in collaboration with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.

A decades-old state law allows private investors to take people’s homes — and all of their home equity — over unpaid property taxes. Critics say it’s a racist policy most impacting Black communities. The nation’s highest court recently ruled homeowners are entitled to their fair share, but Illinois lawmakers have failed to act.

That’s happened as a result of the use of force by cops, an investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity found.

Officers reported using force far more often during traffic stops last year — even as scrutiny grew following the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity have found.

In a federal complaint, the former contractors say that Favorite Healthcare Staffing systematically mishandled personally identifying and private health information of shelter residents.

Six migrant families shared their journey from Central and South America to start a new life in Chicago.

Chicago is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system. Records show that Favorite had a poor track record of resolving complaints.

West Side residents near where police killed Dexter Reed share details of their trauma from that incident and their own traffic stops.