Block Club Chicago

11/27/2025

Chicago Board of Education members held a rally outside of Austin High School to urge city officials to vote in favor of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion budget proposal. Members warn there could be staffing cuts if the plan is voted down.

Chalkbeat reports:

Chicago Board of Education members held a rally outside of Austin High School to urge city officials to vote in favor of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion budget proposal. Members warn there could be staffing cuts if the plan is voted down.

11/26/2025

Block Club’s reporters have written more than 29,000 stories and covered thousands of community meetings and news conferences to keep you informed. Here’s how you can support our work:

Block Club's reporters have written more than 29,000 stories and covered thousands of community meetings and news conferences to keep you informed. Here's how you can support our work.

11/26/2025

Preservationists say the 19th-century Halsted Street building, once home to the famed imagist painter, deserves protection as the sale of the property continues.

11/26/2025

The GoFundMe will support Bethany MaGee, who was riding on a Blue Line train when she was doused in a liquid and lit on fire by a man now facing terrorism charges. MaGee remains hospitalized with severe burns, her family said.

11/26/2025

The new center will bring workforce and entrepreneurship development opportunities to Chatham.

Officials at Walmart closed the South Side academy and four full-service stores in 2023. The new center will bring workforce and entrepreneurship development opportunities to Chatham.

11/26/2025

Chicago police are looking for a person shown in surveillance videos pulling out a gun and pointing it at a crowd of people Downtown last Friday night.

11/26/2025

The signs are an effort to reach people who may not be paying attention to the news cycle. Organizers said they want to make sure that people are aware of “what happened and what it meant for the community.”

The signs are an effort to reach people who may not be paying attention to the news cycle. Organizers said they want to make sure that people are aware of "what happened and what it meant for the community."

11/26/2025

Snow could fall all day Saturday, dropping at least an inch on Chicago with much more possible. “The potential is there,” a trusted meteorologist said.

11/26/2025

Even as the weather turns frightful, these heated patios, backyards and even rooftop igloos help keep winter nights delightful. 🍻🍔

Even as the weather turns frightful, these heated patios, backyards and even rooftop igloos help keep winter nights delightful.

11/26/2025

“It does not meet what I would consider to be the minimum criteria for a detention cell,” said U.S. Rep Lauren Underwood.

"It does not meet what I would consider to be the minimum criteria for a detention cell," said U.S. Rep Lauren Underwood.

11/26/2025

The new park is the second public space added to the medical district in a year and will include fitness zones, a track and green space that can host special events.

11/26/2025

A live-work building for young Black residents, a co-op snack manufacturing facility and a restaurant in a collectively owned South Shore building are among six grantees in the inaugural round of the Wealth Our Way grant program.