None of the alderpeople at the sparsely attended committee hearing pressed CPD officials about why the department had fully complied with just 16% of the court order known as the consent decree by the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that would boost retirement payouts to Chicago police and firefighters.

The Chicago City Council passed a controversial curfew designed to prevent so-called "teen takeovers" Wednesday. It passed 27-22, but Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would veto it. ABC7 Chicago is ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to veto an ordinance allowing Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to impose a teenage curfew with just 30 minutes' notice. The City Council voted 27-22 to ...

Chicago City Council member pushing to require boaters to wear life vests A tragedy on Lake Michigan claimed the life of a Chicago hairstylist last month. Zahrie Walls was not wearing a life ...

The 3800 block of Grand Boulevard in East Chicago now honors Jesse and Rosemarie Gomez, both Hispanic pioneers in politics.

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department that accused the state of Illinois and ...