Commentary: Mayor Johnson should know better than to “jeopardize the financial health of the school system” in advancing one ...

As public servants, every City Council member must show up to Wednesday's special meeting on Mayor Johnson's 2025 budget and record-breaking property tax increase. Absence sends the message "I don't ...

Chicago police have declined to take disciplinary action against those officers. Now there are calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish a civilian task force to look at extremism within CPD.

The city of Chicago is facing a nearly one billion budget deficit for the year 2025. Due to this financial crisis, mayor Brandon Johnson says a property tax increase was unavoidable. The proposed $346 ...

Several weeks of tumult between Chicago Public Schools leaders and the mayor, a teacher and former CTU organizer, preceded ...

An estimated 37 of 50 aldermen wouldn’t vote for a 4 percent increase to help cover the city’s $982 million budget shortfall.

A southwest suburban political operative is now charged with sending obscene and harassing messages to two members of the Illinois legislature.

Chicago voters have rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda as only four of 10 candidates endorsed by the powerful teacher’s union will hold seats on the city’s new hybrid Board of Education ...

In a court filing, lawyers for Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss said the former Trump lawyer has yet to produce any of ...

Ten days driving down 'the Mother Road' revealed a country whose obsession with its own past is at odds with its precarious future.

The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...

Plus, an Election Day liquor ban question is posed to Lincoln Square residents, while a Bronzeville alderperson pushes for one ...