Investigations

The Chicago Bears turned heads Monday with their announcement that they hope to stay in Chicago, and build a new publicly owned stadium on the city’s lakefront. But that plan came with few details – and plenty of unanswered questions, particularly surrounding potential public funding for the project, as taxpayers still owe hundreds of millions of d...

With recent outbreaks of measles in the Chicago area – including diagnoses of measles within the city’s new migrant shelters – NBC 5 Investigates and Telemundo Investiga have examined all immunization data kept by the Illinois State Board of Education, which shows the vaccination rates for each school – public and private – throughout the state.&nb...

The Chicago Bears’ push to build a new stadium has shifted to a publicly owned domed stadium on Museum Campus, near Soldier Field on the city’s lakefront, according to a source familiar with the plan.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration suggested this week it has no plans to postpone enforcement of its 60-day shelter stay policy, meaning scores of migrants could soon be forced to leave city’s shelters starting on March 16.

As the Chicago Bears and White Sox both look for public funding for new stadium developments, newly obtained internal emails show that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office pushed to publicly present a united front with the Sox after meeting with owner Jerry Reinsdorf in early January.

Internal city documents obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration was aware as far back as October that “overcrowding individuals” in the city’s migrant shelters put both migrants and shelter staff at “higher risk of contagious illnesses.” Those same records, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates through a series of Freedo...

A new report released this week offers a critical examination of Cook County’s restorative justice courts – finding that while the practice is well-intentioned – the courts’ execution could use some improvement – including more community involvement and assigning cases that have actual victims.

Records show Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to Los Angeles earlier this month with seven city employees – including four members of his security detail – at a cost to the taxpayers of nearly $8,000, though that figure may be higher given the heavy redactions of the documents obtained.

The Chicago Bears would see a slight reduction in their property tax bill – but still double what they hoped it would be – after the Cook County Board of Review valued their Arlington Heights land at nearly $125 million.

The Chicago Board of Education is slated to vote Thursday to remove police officers, known as school resource officers, from all Chicago Public Schools. Newly obtained internal briefings reveal the pushback the district and Board received from aldermen and other lawmakers in closed door meetings to discuss the plan, which would take what was once a...

As the Chicago Board of Education looks to shift away from selective enrollment high schools, internal briefings obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show the Board’s effort to get lawmakers’ support for the plan – and the pushback they got in response.

The Chicago Bears and three suburban school districts were unable to reach a deal on the value of the team’s Arlington Heights property by their Saturday deadline, sending the dispute back to the Cook County Board of Review to make a decision that could have major implications for the team’s future in the northwest suburb.

As the Chicago Bears’ battle over their property taxes in Arlington Heights continues, the Cook County Board of Review informed the team Wednesday of its decision to leave the property’s value at $192 million, which would roughly quintuple their tax bill.