Two factors outside the city’s control explain the situation: a $165 million reduction in Chicago’s share of revenues from the personal property replacement tax, and a disputed $175 million pension ...

It’s been months since an ordinance aimed at keeping new industrial facilities out of polluted neighborhoods was introduced.

Editorial: Chicago’s Springfield delegation socks it to the city’s taxpayers with reckless pension bill They won’t admit it, but state House members and senators from Chicago just voted to ...

The fiscal hits just keep coming for Chicago, this time courtesy of the city’s representatives and senators in Springfield. The latest fiasco played out in the final hours of the General ...

The Trump era offers a pretty hard lesson in what happens when disgraced politicians get a second chance to abuse their power ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists who were not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in ...

Chicago police leadership could soon have the ability to declare a temporary, or “snap,” curfew to help cut down on large gatherings in downtown.

Supporters of a "snap curfew' bill aimed at combatting so-called "teen takeovers" could bring the measure for a vote Wednesday.

The bill has to pass the House again before the president can sign it into law, and the difficulty for Republicans is not ...

When Water Tower Place opened its cosmopolitan doors in 1975, the audacious notion was that all of the upscale delights of a ...

Chicago officials held the first of four “budget engagement roundtables” designed to gather feedback about the city’s 2026 ...

But Mamdani’s triumph is nevertheless, as I wrote a few weeks ago in anticipation, an extremely big deal, elevating an avowed ...