Amy Qin

Nearly 80% of Chicagoans who submitted a ballot in the general election participated in the city’s first-ever school board elections.

Kamala Harris won among city voters, but the president-elect took more than 100 precincts, primarily on the Northwest and Southwest sides.

A WBEZ analysis found almost all Illinois babies born in 2023 with the help of fertility treatments had moms with private insurance.

Residents shared negative experiences with traffic stops for minor infractions, while experts shared reforms enacted in other jurisdictions.

Community advocates say traffic stops don’t improve public safety and further harm communities that feel targeted by the police.

The highest complaints came from some Northwest and West side communities like Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Portage Park, Austin and Hermosa.

In Illinois, 80% of beauty and cosmetology programs are run by for-profit companies, which have a monopoly on training students for the state’s required licensing exams.

How has Chicago transit ridership recovered from the pandemic?

Who’s a good boy? A look at Chicago’s most popular dog breeds

We dug into the numbers to learn which breeds are most common in which neighborhoods — and why pit bulls are “Chicago’s dog.”