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A child pushed in a stroller watches as contractors working at the Inn of Chicago migrant shelter unload supplies and transport them into the shelter on Oct. 3, 2023.

Clocked in 12 hours a day, 7 days a week: How staffing bills for migrant shelters swelled with overtime

March 11, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

When a security guard clocked out of a Streeterville migrant shelter one Friday in March, he'd just logged his 84th hour at work that week. His bosses told the city...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, attend pre-inauguration festivities for then-Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson outside of Michele Clark Magnet High School, in Chicago on May 15, 2023.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife report income dropped by more than $16 million last year

October 13, 2023 at 8:31 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife saw a substantial drop in their state taxable income last year as the billionaire Democrat successfully sought a second term, partial tax records released...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's deputy chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, speaks Sept. 29, 2023, at City Hall, alongside the deputy mayor for immigrant migrant and refugee rights, Beatriz Ponce de Leon, and Ald. Andre Vasquez, as alderman conduct a hearing on the city's migrant response.

Illinois leaders tepid about more quick funding for Chicago’s migrant crisis

March 11, 2024 at 12:34 p.m.

State leaders on Thursday threw more cold water on the prospect of quickly providing new funding to help Chicago's migrant crisis as Mayor Brandon Johnson also grapples with resistance from...

Migrants follow an official after getting off a warming bus near West Polk Street and South Desplaines Street in the West Loop on Dec. 31, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson exploring backup plan to tent cities for migrants as Gov. J.B. Pritzker says more state funding unlikely

October 5, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration is exploring unspecified backup plans should it not hit its goal of setting up tent base camps for new asylum-seekers before winter, a top deputy said...

DCFS acting Director Marc Smith answers questions during a presentation on the findings of a six-week review that looked at the agency's intact family services, during a presentation for reporters at DCFS office in Chicago on May 13, 2019.

Embattled child welfare agency head Marc Smith’s departure leaves Gov. J.B. Pritkzer with a difficult job to fill

October 4, 2023 at 8:49 p.m.

The resignation of the head of Illinois' child welfare agency leaves Gov. J.B. Pritzker with the task of finding someone to run a troubled department that has been a regular...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls for united front in migrant response after criticizing Biden administration effort

March 11, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

A day after sending President Joe Biden a letter criticizing the White House effort on migrants, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday called for a stronger show of unity among local...

Chicago expecting even higher pace of migrant arrivals as mayor, governor press White House for more help

October 3, 2023 at 4:22 p.m.

With the number of migrant-filled buses arriving in Chicago set to hit unprecedented levels this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson have ramped up pressure on President Joe...

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, speaks at a meeting about the city's migrant response, Sept. 29, 2023.

Some allies break with Mayor Brandon Johnson over migrant response

September 29, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.

Multiple allies broke with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday over his plans to temporarily house thousands of migrants in tent encampments across the city, while Johnson's administration continued to blame...

A migrant family rests at a temporary shelter inside the bus and shuttle center at O'Hare International Airport on Sept. 27, 2023, in Chicago.

Tension between city and state over migrant crisis on the rise — as are cost estimates

March 11, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration on Thursday defended his proposal to erect tent encampments for migrants arriving from the southern border amid mounting criticism of a security firm contracted for the...

Una agente de policía de Chicago dibuja con un niño mientras familias de migrantes venezolanos se refugian en el vestíbulo de la comisaría del distrito 17 de Chicago, el jueves 4 de mayo de 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

El alcalde Brandon Johnson firma discretamente un acuerdo de 29 millones de dólares con una empresa de seguridad privada para construir ‘campamentos base’ de solicitantes de asilo, a pesar de que la empresa ha reubicado a inmigrantes en Florida

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

La administración del alcalde de Chicago Brandon Johnson está avanzando en sus planes de levantar campamentos de migrantes en toda la ciudad mediante la firma de un contrato de casi...

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