In Oct. 22 budget talks with the Dept. of Streets and Sanitation and the Dept. of Transportation, Chicago alders raised concerns about multiple bridge closures across the North Side and asked for more communication and efficiency from both departments. Read more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🤔This week in the #Newswire (whose idea was it to have a federal holiday on a Tuesday?): 🤑CPD overspends, and taxpayers pay the price. Plus, alders question CPD policies on ICE ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Chicago's 6th Police District Council Chair David Boykin has not shown up to meetings for months, and fellow council members are now asking him to resign. Read more in #ChiDocumenters notes from the Oct. 27 meeting: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🤑Straight from the #Newswire: How will city budget cuts affect domestic violence survivors? Plus, a loss for legal services for immigrants⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🔥Coming in hot from the #Newswire: It’s #BudgetSzn, baby🤑 Plus, tracking federal funding cuts to Chicago services⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🤔 Straight out of this week's #Newswire: What happens when your water meter isn’t working. Plus, buy a vacant lot near you … ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Hello all! I will be covering this morning’s Committee on Finance meeting for @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIdocumenters

🗣️ Calling all @chidocumenters.bsky.social, present and future! We've got a handful of trainings and events to get on your calendar 👇 www.citybureau.org/events

Join us for a special @chidocumenters.bsky.social Training on Documenting Chicago's City Budget! Learn how the City of Chicago develops, debates, and adopts its annual budget. 📆 Saturday, Oct 11 ⏰ 10am - 12pm 📍 City Bureau https://www.citybureau.org/events/documenting-chicago-city-budget

🧐From the #Newswire: How you can get involved amid ICE crackdowns. Plus, Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response teams and more ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Hi! I’ll be covering today's meeting for the Regional Transportation Authority: Ad Hoc Committee on Transit Funding This meeting is taking place at 175 W. Jackson Blvd starting at 9 am. @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIDocumenters

😬Are you living with lead? Plus, how you can test your drinking water⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Help us keep our @chidocumenters.bsky.social on duty with a donation to sustain their work! Invest in the everyday Chicagoans behind the people-powered reporting that keeps local government transparent. 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRauclRyWGU&list=PLqa-3XGZqBXrOGljOw9FOCaQgF6vSoeYp&index=4

Good evening! Tonight i'm very excited to be live-reporting on the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability for @chidocumenters.bsky.social #ChicagoDocumenters at Kennedy-King College.

👋 Meet Ebony, the latest @chidocumenters.bsky.social to complete 100 assignments! This #DocumenterOnDuty believes if you care about Chicago, becoming a Documenter is a natural first step. https://www.citybureau.org/notebook/meet-ebony-ellis-the-latest-chicago-documenter-to-complete-100-assignments

🧐What are the legal repercussions of ICE crackdowns in Chicago? Plus, a hotel for Pullman⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🗣️ We asked our @chidocumenters.bsky.social how they got involved in our program. Here are their stories! #DocumentersOnDuty https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GoCh9kf-lSU

Good afternoon! Today I'll be covering the Comission on Chicago Landmarks at City Hall for #ChicagoDocumenters @chidocumenters.bsky.social

Hi! I’ll be covering tonight’s meeting for the 010th Police District Council. This meeting is taking place at St. Agatha Church (3147 W Douglas Blvd) starting at 6pm. @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIDocumenters

Happy #InternationalDemocracyDay! We’re taking the WHOLE WEEK to celebrate the everyday people powering our #DocumentersNetwork. We’re kicking off a weeklong fundraiser to keep #DocumentersOnDuty, with the goal to raise $5,000 by September 22! www.citybureau.org/documenters-...

🤔 This week in the #Newswire: How can you help amid ICE raids in Chicago? Plus, how to spread information, not panic ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Good Evening! I will live-tweet tonight’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability’s District Council 16 meeting for @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIdocumenters

Good morning! Soon I’ll be live tweeting the City of Chicago Committee on Budget & Government Operations FY26 Mid-Year Budget Hearings on behalf of @chidocumenters.bsky.social . Stay tuned! @citybureau.bsky.social

Good morning all! My name is Kenji Granberry and I'll be covering today's 1st mid-year FY26 budget hearing for City Council's Committee on Budget and Government Operations as part of @chidocumenters.bsky.social.

Good afternoon all! My name is Kenji Granberry and I'll be covering today's Chicago City Council meeting of the Committee on Police and Fire for @chidocumenters.bsky.social.

🧐 In this week's #Newswire: CPS has a budget, but at what cost? Plus, a decline in overdose and homicide rates ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Hiii! My name is Sage and I’ll be live tweeting today’s Chicago’s Council on Mental Health Equity (CCMHE) meeting at 2:00pm CST. This meeting will be held in person at 121 N Lasalle St 60602 in Room 1103 and live streamed on CCMHE’s Facebook (link below). @chidocumenters.bsky.social #ChiDocumentors

👋 Meet Madeleine, City Bureau’s new Assignment Coordinator for Chicago Documenters! As a seasoned @chidocumenters.bsky.social herself, she discovered that the program rekindled her passion for reporting. www.citybureau.org/notebook/mee...

☕️ Join City Bureau’s @chidocumenters.bsky.social for a community-centered gathering where neighbors, civic-doers, and the curious come together! This Tuesday, September 2, meet us at Monday Coffee Co.! No agenda and no pressure, just good coffee and good people. www.citybureau.org/events/2025/...

🤔 Fresh out of the #Newswire: Chicagoans with disabilities speak out against transit cuts. Plus, CPS weighs its budget options⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🤔 From the #Newswire: What is water reuse? Plus, updates on ghost buses👻... www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Kicking off a @chidocumenters.bsky.social thread for the Chicago Public Schools Budget Public Hearings. We are live in the basement Board Room of 42 W Madison as folks trickle into the room.

Hi! I’ll be covering tonight’s Public Budget Hearing for Chicago Public Schools. This meeting is taking place at 42 W. Madison Street Chicago, IL 60602 starting at 1pm. @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIDocumenters

🧐 This week from the #Newswire: What do Police District Council? Plus, landmarks for the West Side⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Good Morning! I will be live-tweeting today's Regular Board Meeting of the Chicago Transit Authority for @CHIdocumenters.bsky.social #CHIdocumenters

Hi! I’ll be covering tonight’s meeting for the 010th Police District Council. This meeting is taking place at St. Agatha Church (3147 W Douglas Blvd) starting at 6pm. @chidocumenters.bsky.social #CHIDocumenters

🤔Newswire is back! Plus, Police District Council takes no confidence vote⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

As our first and founding program of City Bureau's #DocumentersNetwork, @chidocumenters.bsky.social has been an engine to gather insights about how our program makes a deep impact. We recently packed the house with Chicagoans interested in civic action! citybureau.org/documenters

🤔Today in the #Newswire: How do we keep young people safe? Plus, support for Douglass Park pool shooting victims. FYI: Newswire is going on vacation 😎We’ll return to your inboxes Wednesday, Aug. 6. www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🧐 This week in the #Newswire: Is CPD violating the Welcoming City Ordinance? Plus, update on the Damen Silos demolition⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Good afternoon all! My name is Kenji Granberry and I'll be covering today's meeting Community Development Commission meeting of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development for @chidocumenters.bsky.social.

🧐This week in the #Newswire: The future of CPS funding & layoffs. Plus, the latest in how CPD is complying with the federal consent decree⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🤔 Today in the #Newswire: So the mayor just vetoed your ordinance… what now? Plus, the status of reparations in Illinois⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🧐 This week in the #Newswire: The plan to evade the transit 'doomsday.' Plus, ride-share drivers to unionize⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🤨 This week in the #Newswire: What’s good with the grocery tax? Plus, ride-share drivers speak out ⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

Good morning all! My name is Kenji Granberry and I'll be covering today's board meeting of @mwrdgc.bsky.social for @chidocumenters.bsky.social !

🧐 This week in the #Newswire: Should consent searches be part of a traffic stop policy? Plus, Pedro Martinez’s last stand⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🧐This week, in the #Newswire: Where can young people be young? Plus, vaccine rates decline in CPS... www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

🤔 This week in the #Newswire: How mental health widens Chicago’s life expectancy gap. Plus, the future of pretextual traffic stops⬇️ www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

😎 Straight out of this week's #Newswire: Chicago could actually get ‘Green Social Housing.' Plus, Peoples Gas is back on the hot seat... www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...