With temperatures plunging to into the single-digits and the wind-chill factor below zero, the City Council’s resident dog lover is trying again to protect animals from extreme weather cruelty.

A proposed 1% grocery tax in Chicago got off to a rocky start today in the City Council as soon as it was introduced. Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, had been waiting to use a parliamentary maneuver to ...

Chicago City Hall was evacuated due to a small fire in a records storage area on the third-floor, which was quickly extinguished and no structural damage was reported. advertisement.

More cities are looking to green projects to fight climate change. Chicago is now powering all its municipal buildings with 100% renewable energy and the city helped finance a major solar farm.

Chicago’s plan to build “green social housing,” one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cornerstone housing initiatives, moved one step closer to being actionable Wednesday when Johnson introduced ...

Going up for sale soon in the Gold Coast is the home of a long-retired Chicago City Hall insider who worked under four mayors, from the first Daley to Harold Washington. When he stepped down as ...

Fire interrupts City Council meeting at Chicago's City Hall 01:49 Past fires at Chicago's City Hall. This was not the first time a fire broke out in the City Hall-County Building complex.

ABC7 Chicago political reporter Craig Wall was in City Hall at the time of the fire, and said he could smell smoke in the air. CFD said the accidental ignition of paper products caused the fire.

Chicago has 1,900 miles of alleys, making it one of the top alley capitals in the world, but because many aren't connected to the sewer system, they're prone to flooding.

Chicago's City Hall was evacuated late Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a mechanical room at the building, fire officials said. Skip to content. Main Navigation. Search.

Chicago City Hall was evacuated due to a small fire in a records storage area on the third-floor, which was quickly extinguished and no structural damage was reported.