John Jones, Fayetteville's first Office of Community Safety director, sat down with the Observer to talk about his goals for ...

The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice ...

The Chicago Police Department made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely ...

The mayor said he wants to improve public safety and aesthetics of retail corridors, but City Council members blasted more ...

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.

The Chicago Transit Authority has upgraded its space in the First Police District to track crime and allow officers to relay ...

Some city council members said the legislation skirts addressing the underlying public safety concerns it seeks to remedy. Alderwoman Angela Clay read a series of letters from high school students at ...

Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

The final vote on a controversial proposal to allow Chicago police to impose temporary curfews anywhere in the city in an effort to curb teen takeovers was delayed on Wednesday, amid concern from ...

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A state House committee hearing last Tuesday put an unexpected but important imprint on the debate over how to help the Chicago-area public transportation agencies avoid a $770 million budget ...

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