Forcing Chicago and Illinois law enforcement officials to help federal agents conduct deportation operations is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Lindsey Jenkins ruled.

The Council fell six votes shy of overriding Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing the Chicago police superintendent to enact a curfew targeting gatherings of young people anywhere in the city with 30 minutes' notice.

There’s a new push to change downtown Chicago’s curfew in wake of violent teen takeovers in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood over the weekend. Residents believe earlier curfews could ...

Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced a teen curfew ordinance that places the power to declare “snap curfews” solely in the hands of Chicago’s police superintendent.

The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice curfews. Two days later, Mayor Brandon Johnson issued the first veto […]

The City Council could vote to override Mayor Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing for temporary curfews for teens on Wednesday.

Illinois legalized video gambling in 2009, but many local governments still have active bans. According to the Illinois Gaming Board, Chicago is one of 87 Illinois municipalities that do not allow video gaming. The ordinance would adopt similar age restrictions and monitoring requirements as Villegas' ordinance.