CITY HALL SHOWDOWN: Chicago’s budget standoff intensified Wednesday when a coalition of aldermen formally introduced their ...

Chicago Flips Red Vice President Danielle Carter-Walters told the mayor he does not understand poverty, even though he cried ...

From teacher and union organizer to Chicago’s first modern progressive mayor, Johnson navigates bold reforms, fierce opposition and a city in transition. Born in 1976 in Elgin, Ill., Johnson is one of ...

A new poll shows that voters reject the head tax proposal and that if Chicago fails to pass a budget, a majority would blame ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting where residents shared their criticism of the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's pick to head the Chicago Housing Authority, retired Alderman Walter Burnett, was never given ...

(The Center Square) – The mayor of Chicago is touting new taxes in his 2026 budget proposal, but business groups are expressing disappointment and concern. Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed the city ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to see more tax increases from the Illinois General Assembly, but a Republican state representative says the city has failed to implement a ...

Chicago is emerging as the latest testing ground for President Trump's domestic deployment of military force as hundreds of National Guard troops were expected to descend on the city. The president ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops for his ...