NBC Chicago and Ward Room bring you profiles on all 50 wards this election season. As candidates face off in the Feb. 24 election, they are also facing a new ward map, which takes effect when the ...

SHABANI: Respect. The ward needs to be respected and to be treated equally by city. It is not about money, infrastructure, or transit only; we need to have equal share of transit budget and services.

Thomas Breen photo Redistricting Committee Vice-Chair Sal DeCola and Chair Evelyn Rodriguez at a recent committee meeting. With these new redistricting lines, Rodriguez said, “ We now have a balanced ...

1.) Explain why you are the best candidate to represent Ward 42. AMANDA CAIN: As an independent, unlike others who are party-affiliated, my commitment is solely to Ward 42 and I am able to decide ...

When the map was finally approved in 2015, more than a year after council first discussed doing so, the populations in the ward ranged from 7,227 to 12,130, a difference of more than 40 percent ...