The program was introduced in 2019 as a collaborative effort between the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Public Schools.
The Bronzeville church is already an official Chicago landmark, along with Till's childhood home.
News in brief for Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Current federal law allows only U.S. citizens to serve as officers and deputies.
News in brief for Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
The Department of Defense has transferred $7.6 billion in military equipment to law enforcement agencies across the country since 1990.
News in brief for Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
Current 8-inch water main will be replaced with 3,700 feet of new 12-inch main
News in brief for Friday, June 9, 2023.
Pritzker on Wednesday signed the state's $50.6 billion budget.
News in brief for June 7, 2023.
According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 15.8 million households received SNAP benefits in 2021.
Brandon Johnson spoke with Bears President Kevin Warren in an effort to get the city into conversations about keeping the team in Chicago.
Chicago has seen 244 shootings in 28 days, including 73 over the last week.
Hotels averaged 60 percent occupancy in 2022, a 43 percent jump from the year before.
News in brief for Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
The program grants tax credits to people who use private dollars to fund scholarships that allow students to attend private schools.
Members say they hope to bring the yearly number of murders down to less than 400, the lowest homicide rate since 1965.
Rate increases will cost the state an extra $317 million.
News in brief for Wednesday, May 31.
A new bill would create the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and an Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.
News in brief for Friday, May 26.
New requirements go into effect July 1 to give gestating sows more space.
The average Illinois household spends $2,121 a month on the 10 most common household bills, a new report shows.
News in brief for Thursday, May 25.
Alderman approved Johnson's plan to reorganize the City Council by a vote of 41-9.
Proposal would provide free test and professional licensure and credentialing prep courses for Illinois public college students
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, said the bill better prepares the state's youth for the future.
"A November 2021 report found that hate crimes in schools increased by 81 percent from 2016 to 2018,” State Rep. Maurice West said.
Newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson frequently referred to the issue of homelessness across the city as a "moral crisis."
News in brief for Tuesday, May 23.
The Fraternal Order of Police has been in support of the legislation being enacted.
News in brief for Thursday, May 18.
The program provides an income tax credit to companies that invest in Illinois.
Justices will not block the ban of certain assault-style weapons in the state.
News in brief for Tuesday, May 16.
News in brief for Monday, May 15.
Nationwide, property taxes accounted for 32.2 percent of all state and local tax revenue in fiscal 2020, more than any other tax.
News in brief for Thursday, May 11.
House Bill 2214 would collect data from the cards to better track skimming and fraud.