Mayor Brandon Johnson suffered a major budget setback Monday, as the Finance Committee voted down his revenue package that ...

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the Southwest Side Tuesday night — after a key City Council committee voted down his ...

A City Council committee on Monday advanced a $90 million deal to settle nearly 200 police misconduct lawsuits tied to a corrupt former police sergeant accused of framing hundreds of people on drug ...

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Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of ...

The Chicago Police Department's budget came under scrutiny Wednesday as the city grapples with a billion dollar budget deficit that has to be addressed this fall. As the Chicago City Council heads ...