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 ...

As the departure of Ald. Walter Burnett leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson with the challenge of picking his third Zoning Committee chair, the City Council’s Black and Latino caucuses have already begun ...

The feds had ruled that City Hall violated residents’ civil rights in a case involving the relocation of the General Iron ...

The two City Council members who wanted their wards pulled out of an anti-gentrification ordinance that went into effect this ...

Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg announced she will not seek another term. The decision comes after Chicago's City ...

IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another 4-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon ...

Almost $50,000 is being dedicated by the City of Champaign toward examining the best way to allocate the city’s police ...

The amendment, which was approved Wednesday by the full City Council, was born out of a 17-page letter Witzburg sent to Ald.

After the convictions of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and former Ald. Ed Burke, Chicago politics are falling under renewed scrutiny by those pushing for reform.

Chapin, the son of former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin, raised $118,000 in the second quarter — more than three times more than his next closest competitor — according to campaign finance reports ...

Fiesta del Sol, a four-day, free admission, family-friendly summer festival, is the largest Latino festival of its kind in the country.