By opening the door to a pair of polarizing corporate taxes, Mayor Brandon Johnson could galvanize a progressive base itching ...

Forty-five years ago, the state of Illinois took financial control of Chicago Public Schools. History may be about to repeat ...

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), the Budget Committee chair, agreed with Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), Finance chair, that the Council needs ...

Johnson should have been “more proactive in meeting the moment we knew was coming” when $1.9 billion in federal pandemic ...

Danny Davis, the 83-year-old dean of Illinois’ U.S. House delegation and a voice for progressive politics for decades, ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is now open to allowing video gambling terminals (VGTs) in the city after state ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says a corporate head tax would not be a job killer, but Republicans in the city disagree.

Chicago Public Schools officials are asking for more money from Illinois taxpayers, but a state lawmaker from Chicago says ...

Illinois lawmakers want to figure out how to close Chicago’s budget gap. However, they did not make any commitments on what ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich rails against Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for refusing to work with I.C.E. on 'The Ingraham Angle.' ...

CHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office, making ...