The debate over intoxicating hemp and its place amid the burgeoning legal cannabis market is set to make a return to the ...

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Pritzker says Illinois working to soften impact of SNAP cuts imposed by Trump - “Gov. JB Pritzker spoke at an East St. Louis food shelter ...

Interim CTA President Nora Leerhsen on Wednesday faced questions from members of the Chicago City Council who are seeking to ...

Walter Burnett, who represented parts of the West Side and the West Loop for 30 years on the Chicago City Council, retired ...

Instead of fighting over a shrinking resource pie, the city must grow that pie by promoting more business and population growth.

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved.

The Chicago City Council tabled an ordinance to legalize "granny flats" across the city to add affordable housing.

A City Council committee is discussing a new effort to stop smoking on the CTA. Ald. Bill Conway (34th) has introduced a ...

A $100,000 grant from the city’s cannabis grant program, approved by the City Council at its Aug. 6 meeting, would help fund ...

Chicago City Council committee approves additional dwelling unit, or 'granny flat,' ordinance They are homes built on the same property as a main house, to provide extra living space.

We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but meaningful role in easing Chicago’s housing shortage.