We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration has argued the potential jackpot from lifting the Chicago ban on video gambling would ...

Don’t judge him based on him being my son. Judge him based on what he can bring to the table and what he can do for the ward, ...

Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the ...

Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over ...

The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago ...

The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon ...

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved.

The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice ...

The City Council is set to vote on $35.6 million in legal settlements, most of which stem from alleged police misconduct ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The so-called "granny flats" proposal goes to the full Chicago City Council Wednesday. The Zoning Committee ...

After the convictions of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and former Ald. Ed Burke, Chicago politics are falling ...