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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joins Lisa Dent to weigh in on Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.’s suggestion that his son replaced him ...

Whoever wins tomorrow’s election for mayor will face several daunting challenges when it comes to crime and public safety, report my colleagues Frank Main and Tom Schuba. The city is currently ...

With Chicago's municipal election just weeks away, voters are trying to gauge where mayoral candidates stand on hot-button issues including crime and public safety.

Mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas attend a public safety mayoral forum at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez ...

As John Yang reports, crime has become the top issue in Tuesday's mayoral election in the city. It was another deadly weekend in Chicago with at least 14 people wounded and three of them killed by ...

The 60-page report, titled Reimagining Public Safety: Community Listening Sessions with Black Communities and Public Defenders, asked more than 100 Black Chicago residents to define what public ...

The “Our City Our Safety” plan was launched in the summer of 2020 and followed an emerging trend of treating gun violence as a public health issue. The plan aimed to narrow Chicago’s ...

To arrest these alarming trends, Chicago should enact a local public safety ordinance. While yearly murders and shootings were down in Chicago through the end of 2023, the city’s murder rate remains ...

In addition to public safety, Chicago-area residents see mental health (66%), substance abuse (63%) and housing insecurity (63%) as public health issues negatively impacting the city.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove references to two May forums, which are being rescheduled for the fall. Last year, the University of Chicago launched the Public Safety Advisory ...

Susan Lee, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s ex-deputy mayor for public safety who now works at the Chicago CRED anti-violence group, said it can’t be forgotten that the city has one of the highest ...