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UPDATED STORY: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias launched a bid for Chicago mayor Sunday, joining the already large field of candidates eager to deny Mayor Brandon Johnson the second term he has yet to announce he will seek. @wttw.bsky.social

Backed by Trade Unions, Alexi Giannoulias Launches Campaign for Chicago MayorGiannoulias, 50, who is running for a second term as secretary of state in November, will simultaneously enter the contest to be Chicago’s 58th mayor.news.wttw.com

Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens. https://to.wttw.com/4wFTj9G

Pritzker Signs Laws Regulating How Social Media Platforms Interact With ChildrenGov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens.to.wttw.com

The report confirmed that House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's office knew about a sexual harassment allegation against Benton as early as April 2023. @brendenmoore.bsky.social, @benszalinski.bsky.social, & @nowickipress.bsky.social report. buff.ly/zClOWgk

Childcare assistance. Early intervention. Preschool for all. Until recently, these state programs were split across three state agencies and the governor’s office. But since July 1, they’ve all been within the new Illinois Department of Early Childhood. https://to.wttw.com/4fLh8p0

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In 2025, CPD officers used the highest level of force against a member of the public 47 times, according to the report. Approximately 65% involved Black Chicagoans, records show. Less than 30% of the city’s population is Black.

NEW: Chicago police leaders failed to publicly account for all of the times officers used force against members of the public in 2025, missing a deadline set by the federal court order requiring officers to stop routinely violating Black and Latino residents’ constitutional rights. @wttw.bsky.social

CPD Brass Missed Deadline to Detail How Many Times Officers Used Force Against Chicagoans in 2025: RecordsThat missed deadline comes as CPD officials acknowledged, again, that the number of times officers used force against members of the public “continues to trend upward,” according to the report.news.wttw.com

NEW: Cook County judges often ordered accused people to be detained while awaiting trial despite, by the court’s own assessments, being at low risk of rearrest or missing court. news.wttw.com/2026/07/30/c...

Cook County Judges Often Detain Pretrial Defendants Deemed a Low Risk of Reoffending or Missing Court, Report SaysA recent report from the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice says Cook County judges often ordered accused people to be detained while awaiting trial despite, by the court’s own assessments, being a...news.wttw.com

NEW: A federal judge expanded the lawsuit accusing Chicago police of targeting Black and Latino drivers with a massive campaign of traffic stops to include all Black and Latino drivers who have been pulled over in the past five years — or could be in the future, court records show. @wttw.bsky.social

Judge Expands Lawsuit Accusing CPD of Targeting Black, Latino Chicagoans With Traffic Stops to Include All Black, Latino DriversChicago taxpayers have already paid $3.4 million to defend the lawsuit that accuses the CPD of making more than 1.5 million traffic stops between 2016 and 2023 based on dubious evidence of minor viola...news.wttw.com

Chicago has a rat problem and it isn’t likely to improve if the city doesn’t come up with a new playbook, according to a just-released analysis by the city’s watchdog. https://to.wttw.com/4x4I5es

Chicago Can’t Keep Trying to Poison Its Way Out of Rat Problem: Watchdog ReportChicago has a rat problem and it isn't likely to improve if the city doesn't come up with a new playbook, according to a just-released analysis by the city's watchdog.to.wttw.com

Last year, the Joliet Treatment Center recorded roughly three fires a month. Despite that, officials at the prison have repeatedly failed to meet their responsibilities to prevent or respond to the fires, government records show. https://to.wttw.com/4fMtn4Z

A Prison on FireDesigned to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.to.wttw.com

Students in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cellphones or other personal electronic communication devices during school hours unless they have been given specific permission to use them. https://to.wttw.com/4wEDL5R

Pritzker Signs School Cellphone Ban In Effort to Avoid Student DistractionsStudents in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cellphones or other personal electronic communication devices during school hours unless they have been...to.wttw.com

The Fed leaves its key interest rate unchanged, but a hike is widely expected at the next meeting in September.

Federal Reserve policymakers vote 9-3 to leave key rate unchanged despite high prices -- for nowFed policymakers are losing patience with inflation, which has been stuck above their 2% target for more than five years.bit.ly

NEW: The leaders of the agency tasked with investigating misconduct by Chicago police officers created “a vacuum of accountability” by failing to follow its own rules while trying to clear a massive backlog of complaints, according to an analysis by the city’s watchdog. @wttw.bsky.social

Agency Charged With Probing Chicago Police Department Misconduct Created ‘Vacuum of Accountability’ By Clearing Backlog: Watchdog“By administratively closing hundreds of cases COPA may have alleviated its own burden, but it also created a vacuum of accountability within the police oversight system it is mandated to uphold,” acc...news.wttw.com

BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday designed to ban purchases of guns and ammunition from firms that flout federal law and do not take steps to prevent weapons trafficking. @wttw.bsky.social

Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Ban Purchases From Gun Dealers That Flout LawsGun policy group the Brady Campaign has urged elected officials to use their procurement power to force gun companies to change how they do business, since cities and states spend millions of dollars ...news.wttw.com

Inspector General David Glockner determined city officials “accurately and transparently” reported what it spent in city funds to feed, house and care for 46,282 people who arrived in Chicago, between August 2022 and December 2024, a new report finds. https://to.wttw.com/4wrLx2K

Johnson Hopes Watchdog’s Finding That City ‘Accurately and Transparently’ Accounted for Migrant Crisis Spending Prompts Reevaluation“For Black Chicago in particular, it kind of felt a way that government was able to turn on resources in a moment’s notice that our communities have been starved for decades,” Mayor Brandon Johnson sa...to.wttw.com

What’s the most underrated neighborhood in Chicago? Your response could be included in our newsletter, Daily Chicagoan. Subscribe here: to.wttw.com/4axsYlD

Voting opened Monday and runs through August 27. People can cast a ballot online or in-person at any Park District fieldhouse. https://to.wttw.com/4foDs99

Vote Now to Tell the Chicago Park District How to Spend $500k of Your MoneyThere are four categories of project improvements on the ballot. Whichever receives the most votes from the public will receive $500,000.to.wttw.com

Summer may still be in full swing, but candidates hoping to qualify for the Feb. 23 contest that will determine who will serve as Chicago’s mayor and on the City Council can start collecting signatures on nominating petitions on Tuesday. https://to.wttw.com/44NpSpM

Election 2027 Begins: Candidates for Chicago Mayor, City Council Are Gathering Signatures Earlier Than EverCandidates will hit the street to gather thousands of autographs from registered voters a month earlier than aspiring candidates did four years ago, the last time all 50 alderpeople, the mayor, city c...to.wttw.com

Newly installed interim Chicago Police Supt. Fred Waller is collecting an annual city taxpayer-funded pension of $141,608 while he has been earning more than $210,648 per year as a deputy director, according to records obtained by WTTW News. https://to.wttw.com/3TmyCkc

Interim Top Cop Collecting $142K Annual City Pension While Earning $211K Salary, Records ShowFred Waller is expected to serve as CPD’s interim superintendent through the end of the year, as the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability searches for a permanent leader.to.wttw.com

NEW: Interim CPD Supt. Fred Waller is collecting an annual taxpayer-funded pension of $142K while he has been earning more than $211K per year as a deputy director, bringing his total compensation to $352K, according to records obtained by me and @jaredrutecki.bsky.social for @wttw.bsky.social News.

Interim Top Cop Collecting $142K Annual City Pension While Earning $211K Salary, Records ShowFred Waller is expected to serve as CPD’s interim superintendent through the end of the year, as the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability searches for a permanent leader.news.wttw.com