Explore the Chicago police budget and learn how the department consistently overspends its budget from 2022 to 2024.

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The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against the Trump administration objecting to the deployment of federal troops, and included an admonition that ...

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President Donald Trump threatened Chicago with the newly-named Department of War in a meme posted to Truth Social Saturday. The meme also featured the president in a hat with helicopters, a city ...

A City Council committee on Monday advanced a $90 million deal to settle nearly 200 police misconduct lawsuits tied to a corrupt former police sergeant accused of framing hundreds of people on drug ...

The largest payout before the City Council’s Finance Committee, $8 million, would go to the family of a man who stopped ...

The former head of the Chicago Police Department said the city's mayor and the governor of Illinois are 'afraid' that President Donald Trump would successfully bring down crime by sending in federal ...

Niles officials announced that Frank Lindbloom was tapped to be the north suburban town’s village manager, calling him a “seasoned public administration executive” with nearly 30 years of experience ...

President Donald Trump posted a meme on social media Saturday saying that Chicago “will find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” as the city’s officials brace for an immigration crackdown. “I ...