Chicago City Council members gathered Monday for a special meeting to vote in a new alderperson to represent the 35th Ward. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson picked 29-year-old Commissioner Anthony ...

Of the 15 largest cities, only Chicago lets its mayor fill vacancies on the city council. Mayor Brandon Johnson is about to ...

Some Chicago City Council members are pushing the mayor to include them in the process. If Chicago Public Schools do not repay that pension payment, the city will wind up the fiscal year on March ...

City leaders believed they had balanced Chicago’s budget for the year, but an unexpected $175 million shortfall has forced officials back to the negotiating table.

Johnson's team will consult, but not commit to asking for approval, from the City Council on how to respond to a loss of $175 ...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted down an effort ... A group of Black clergy members joined Island Furs owner Gerard Brown at a rally ahead of the meeting to urge the council to vote ...

Some activists feel left out because they can’t review the ordinance before its expected City Council introduction in ...

If the Board of Education does not provide a $175 million pension reimbursement to the city, City Hall will have to accommodate the shortfall and the City Council wants to be included.

An Illinois power pool that buys coal-fired electricity is pressing Naperville city officials to agree to a 20-year contract extension. A slate of pro-climate candidates in the Chicago suburb of ...

That cliche often is used at the national level, but nowhere is it more apt right now than at the Chicago Board of Education ... teachers union and on the City Council, to take on more debt ...