City Hall budget officials say major sources of revenues in the city’s general fund came in far lower than anticipated.

The council needed 34 votes to make the ordinance, intended to control “teen takeovers” and give Chicago police officers ...

Alderman Brian Hopkins worked on various proposals after two people were injured in shootings during downtown street ...

But the City Council again expressed its desire Wednesday to keep ShotSpotter online by passing a measure via 33-14 vote to give CPD Supt. Larry Snelling power over the city's ShotSpotter contract.

The Windy City has been hit particularly hard by the border crisis that began under the Biden administration. More than 51,000 migrants have flocked to Chicago since August 2022, requiring housing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council deferred a vote Wednesday on a so-called "snap curfew" for young people. The vote, in a parliamentary maneuver, was delayed until the next meeting on June ...

Chicago’s business community helped stall legislation that would give the City Council more control over where Airbnb and other short-term rentals operate in the city. A vote on an ordinance ...

And Johnson is not entirely wrong. Since 1995, Chicago’s mayor has had the sole authority to appoint board members, who then vote on the school district’s CEO, without City Council input.

When Ald. Scott Waguespack started his City Council career as an opponent of Mayor Richard M. Daley, it was mostly at the wrong end of a bunch of lopsided votes. But his days as one of five ...

It was held by the mayor’s office with Chicago’s police, fire and health departments, City Council members, including 2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins, and violence-prevention community organizations.