Dan Petrella

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 quietly signs $29 million deal with private security firm for asylum-seeker ‘base camps’ despite controversies and company’s contract in Florida to relocate migrants

March 11, 2024 at 12:39 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration is moving forward with plans to put up migrant base camps across the city by signing a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm...

A woman walks into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office in Joliet in 2017. The agency had 25 cases of alleged Paycheck Protection Program fraud. The state Department of Human Services had 132 alleged cases.

Illinois watchdog has referred 177 cases of alleged PPP loan fraud by state workers to law enforcement

September 13, 2023 at 11:14 a.m.

The watchdog overseeing agencies under Gov. J.B. Pritzker has referred 177 cases to law enforcement in which there was "reasonable cause to believe" a state worker "improperly obtained" a federal...

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham, seen Sept. 7, 2023, who was appointed last year, is running for a full term next year.

‘Black and brown tension’ evident in Democratic contest for Illinois Supreme Court seat

September 11, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

Undeterred by Cook County Democrats' decision to back appointed incumbent Justice Joy Cunningham in next year's primary for a full term on the Illinois Supreme Court, some Latino leaders are...

Un grupo de personas recibe hamburguesas con queso de Ricky Medina, no en la foto, mientras están sentados en un autobús de la CTA antes de ser llevados a un sitio del Ejército de Salvación después de llegar en un autobús con otros 60 migrantes de Texas en Union Station en Chicago el 31 de agosto de 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Un año después, la crisis migratoria de Chicago se agrava por los retrasos del Ayuntamiento y el Estado, los cuantiosos contratos y las cuestionables decisiones

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

Detrás de una gruesa cortina negra del aeropuerto internacional de O'Hare, donde vigilaba un guardia de seguridad con un pastor alemán, decenas de inmigrantes se desparramaban por el duro suelo...

A group of people are given cheeseburgers from Ricky Medina, not pictured, while sitting on a CTA bus before being taken to a Salvation Army site after arriving on a bus with about 60 other migrants from Texas at Union Station in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2022.

A year in, Chicago’s migrant crisis exacerbated by City Hall and state delays, hefty contracts and questionable decisions

March 11, 2024 at 12:45 p.m.

Behind a thick black curtain at O'Hare International Airport where a security guard with a German shepherd stood watch, dozens of migrants sprawled on the hard tile floor, awaiting placement...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson quietly signs $29 million deal with private security firm for asylum-seeker ‘base camps’ despite controversies and company’s contract in Florida to relocate migrants

Illinois watchdog has referred 177 cases of alleged PPP loan fraud by state workers to law enforcement

‘Black and brown tension’ evident in Democratic contest for Illinois Supreme Court seat

Un año después, la crisis migratoria de Chicago se agrava por los retrasos del Ayuntamiento y el Estado, los cuantiosos contratos y las cuestionables decisiones

A year in, Chicago’s migrant crisis exacerbated by City Hall and state delays, hefty contracts and questionable decisions

El alcalde Brandon Johnson advierte de que la ciudad no podría acoger a más inmigrantes sin ayuda federal

Mayor Brandon Johnson warns city would be unable to support more migrants without federal help

Gov. J.B. Pritzker appoints former state senator and longtime Mike Madigan ally to state board

Following Tim Mapes’ conviction, lawmakers condemn his conduct, GOP renews call for reform

State seeks to combat food deserts with $20 million program to seed independent grocers