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. But a stunning majority of 41 council ...

Tensions were high as video showed ICE agents clashing with demonstrators in Chicago, but what exactly happened during the ...

The distrust is motivating a renewed push by some Chicago City Council members to beef up a city research office most taxpayers have never heard of, but could be a key to bringing critical ...

Months after President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 defendants accused or convicted in connection to the Jan. 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol, the Chicago City Council will now prohibit ...

Two of them are Chicago City Council members, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found. Two more of their colleagues paid up only after Sun-Times reporters asked about their overdue bills.

Gov. JB Pritzker previously ended a state administered 1% grocery tax that was passed on to local governments, impacting ...

In addition, he reinstated Fleury on an interim basis. However, West Chicago City Council members did not vote on the staffing changes. And members of the 14-member council argued that Bovey can ...

As it continues to weigh the future of the city’s electricity grid, the Naperville City Council will hold a series of ...

West Chicago’s new mayor announced the appointment of an interim city administrator and an interim city attorney this week, despite objections from city council members who argued he didn’t ...