An effort by opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson to water down Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance faltered in the City Council ...

For decades, many television shows and movies have glamorized bank heists, but they’re far from the glamour portrayed. Often, ...

Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) agreed to hold off on a planned vote on his proposal to allow more time for discussion.

The Chicago City Council avoided votes on two controversial topics on Wednesday – protections for undocumented immigrants, ...

Alderman Daniel LaSpata deferred a vote on lowering the speed limit in Chicago to 25 miles per hour Wednesday.

The move will increase the city's borrowing costs, including for Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $1.25 billion bond issue ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson admonished the audience at Wednesday’s City Council meeting amid outbursts during debate on a proposal ...

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

The Chicago City Council is expected to vote on a proposed change to the ordinance that limits local police cooperation with ...

Jan. 26 marks the 20th anniversary of the day in 2005 that the Chicago Skyway was taken over for 99-years by the consortium ...

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 ...