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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.

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, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan convicted of lying under oath to a grand jury to protect his once-powerful boss, was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Wynne Transportation – the Texas bus company that sued the City of Chicago last month alleging its bus ordinance was unconstitutional and unfairly targeted only those buses transporting migrants.

A lawsuit has been filed against the city of Chicago, challenging an ordinance restricting the arrivals of migrant buses, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

More than 44 years after two girls were found dead in a suburban Morton Grove forest preserve, the case remains unsolved. As NBC 5 Investigates’ Bennett Haeberle reports, the victims’ families want to know what is taking so long.

Negotiations over the Chicago Bears’ property tax bill are ongoing, with the fate of an Arlington Heights stadium development in the balance as the team and the surrounding school districts remain $100 million apart in their valuations of the site, NBC Chicago’s Alex Maragos reports.

Documents acquired by NBC 5 Investigates reveal details on a slow police response and investigation following a fatal June 2021 hit-and-run crash, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash. Bennett Haeberle reports.

CHICAGO – The City of Chicago has signed a $30 million spending increase with Favorite Healthcare Staffing to continue to provide staffing for the city’s temporary migrant shelters – now bringing the total spending limit on Favorite’s current contract to more than $70.2 million.

Five years after the FBI raided his offices and six weeks after his federal corruption trial began, former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday inched closer than ever to learning his fate, as prosecutors and his defense delivered their closing arguments.

Five years after the FBI raided his offices and six weeks after his federal corruption trial began, former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday inched closer than ever to learning his fate, as prosecutors and his defense delivered their closing arguments, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The prosecution rested its case on Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

More than seven years after federal agents knocked on his door, former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis faced questions publicly for the first time Tuesday about his work as an FBI mole when he took the stand in the corruption trial of longtime Ald. Ed Burke.

Former Ald. Danny Solis took the stand on Tuesday in longtime former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that the state is halting construction on a migrant basecamp in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood after an environmental review, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Governor J.B. Pritzker’s administration temporarily halted construction at a controversial base camp for migrants in Brighton Park just days after an environmental assessment report revealed levels of mercury and other contaminants in the soil that exceeded environmental limits. NBC 5 Investigates’ Bennett Haeberle reports.

Governor J.B. Pritzker’s administration temporarily halted construction at a controversial base camp for migrants in Brighton Park just days after an environmental assessment report revealed levels of mercury and other contaminants in the soil that exceeded environmental limits.

Despite promises by Mayor Brandon Johnson that a full environmental assessment report would be released “by the end of the week,” the city has not provided a copy as of 4:45 p.m. Friday, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

The city of Chicago is moving forward with creating a base camp for migrants in the Brighton Park neighborhood despite lingering questions over potential contamination at the site. NBC 5 Investigates.