The new board members took their oaths of office and met for the first time Wednesday, many expressing hope for the future ...

Looking over his shoulder: Possible mayoral challengers Alexi Giannoulias and Susana Mendoza are also fundraising, though ...

Two Chicago officials who wanted to allow police to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target migrants with a ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to enact mass deportations — and his famous antipathy toward Chicago — have girded local ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his chief financial officer are talking about revenue as the city suffers a reduced credit ...

The city of Chicago is doubling down on the city’s migrant sanctuary status ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

The new Chicago Board of Education was sworn in while the Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates calls for a ...

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

Ratings agency S&P downgraded the city of Chicago’s general obligation debt late Monday, citing structural imbalance in the ...

Outgoing Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter capped his nearly 10-year run leading the massive agency at a ...

Alderpeople blocked a vote on the proposed amendment by Alds. Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares that would have allowed ...

The failed effort on carve-outs was spearheaded by Southwest Side colleagues Ray Lopez (15th) and Silvana Tabares (23rd), two of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most outspoken critics. The exceptions to the ...