Preston was fatally shot May 6, 2023, a couple of weeks before her graduation, by a group of teenagers while off duty, ...

DEATH OF DECORUM: Vulgar attacks and bickering erupted during a Chicago City Council committee meeting Tuesday, revealing the ...

The renewed tension between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s business leaders comes after Johnson endured a bruising battle over the city’s 2025 budget and is under intense pressure from President ...

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House GOP asks the Governor to repeal the TRUST Act (among other actions), study results on the impact of the retail industry in Illinois, and legislation about school fines.

Mayor Brandon Johnson held a first of its kind "Lakeside Chat" Tuesday evening, a public but personal conversation about the ...

As the investigation into the Jan. 29 air disaster in Washington, D.C., was still getting underway, President Donald Trump didn’t bother to wait for actual evidence to figure out what ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said on Tuesday that the public will have a chance to see what’s inside City Hall’s gift closet—but there’s a catch.

If the student is caught vaping, what benefit to the student is there to have the student get a ticket? The benefit is ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s working on a new draft of the Anjanette Young ordinance, but wouldn’t say if it includes ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is setting up a potential showdown with Congress over Chicago's Sanctuary City Law. Johnson was invited to testify before a congressional committee next week, but, as of ...

This comes after a report by the Chicago Office of Inspector General showed hundreds of gifts given to the Mayor's office ...