As reported by the Chicago Sun‑Times, Burke’s Burnham Committee and other political accounts made the payments earlier this year. The paper found that the Burnham Committee gave $5,000 to Friends of ...

If you thought 2025 was wild and woolly in the world of politics and government, just wait. The year 2026 promises even more. Control of and maybe big changes in Chicago’s much derided ...

Members’ vote opposing an increase in dues for political purposes delivered a resounding message to Chicago Teachers Union leadership.

Chicago has been named as one of five “frontrunner cities” to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention. According to a press release from the Democratic National Committee, party leadership will ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson linked the restaurant industry to "slavery" Wednesday as he defended his push to eliminate the tipped wage, doubling down after surviving a City Council effort to block ...

Early Wednesday, Lightfoot and Preckwinkle were out on Chicago streets greeting voters, setting off on a frenetic, five-week head-to-head campaign until the runoff in April. Early Wednesday, ...

Then-Mayor Richard Daley sold the rights to operate the parking meters for $1 billion in 2008. The city was facing a ...