Investigations

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.

More than 44 years after two 17-year-old girls were found dead in a suburban forest preserve, Morton Grove police have sent evidence out for advanced DNA testing, as the victims’ loved ones continue to press investigators on their efforts and question why it’s taking them so long to solve this crime.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration will use $79 million in federal COVID relief money to help pay for costs associated with Favorite Healthcare Staffing – the Kansas-based company the city hired to staff the city’s migrant shelters, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.

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, according to testimony at a hearing on the dispute Tuesday.

Chicago police did not document any steps taken for several months during their investigation into a deadly hit-and-run, according to records obtained as the result of a lawsuit brought by NBC 5 Investigates. Those reports also show activity in the case picked up just nine days after an NBC 5 report that highlighted the lack of an arrest.

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, now defying a judge’s order to produce the materials after NBC 5 Investigates sued the agency for violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

CHICAGO – Taking questions for the first time in weeks, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that he and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are “at odds” over how to approach the ongoing migrant crisis.

A newly opened bike path in Lincoln Park is drawing both praise from cyclists for its safety improvements, and ire from some Lincoln Park residents who have raised concerns over changes made to the project’s design and funding, with seemingly little public notice.

A Texas bus company has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago alleging the city’s recent ordinance aimed at deterring buses from dropping off migrants unannounced is “unconstitutional” and “punishes” transportation companies who do business with Texas.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference Wednesday morning, Gov. J.B. Pritzker took aim at Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott for what he called a “cheap political stunt” of continually sending migrants to major U.S. cities, including Chicago, while at the same time urging both Congress and lawmakers in his own state to approve spending measures...

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.

Since 2012, Gary Police have responded nearly 400 times for reports of fights, disturbances, missing persons or runaways from the Crisis Center, a residential treatment facility for teens in Gary, Ind. – a months-long investigation by NBC 5 Investigates revealed.

One woman standing outside a migrant shelter in Pilsen – where an estimated 2,300 people are living – said her three children have not seen a doctor and that the food inside the shelter is so bad, they buy food from vendors across the street.