The high-stakes game of chicken between Mayor Brandon Johnson and his council antagonists over the 2026 budget now moves into ...

Cate Plys is a former Chicago reporter and columnist who now writes the Chicago history newsletter “Roseland, Chicago: 1972” ...

During his address to the American Business Forum in Miami last month, Donald Trump ranted about Lori Lightfoot and her hair, ...

The mercury isn't the only thing registering as chilly this December. Relations between Mayor Bandon Johnson and a majority ...

Council members who oppose Brandon Johnson's proposed budget and its corporate head tax showed Wednesday that they have more ...

A bold maneuver from alders around Chicago played out Wednesday as the City Council nears the two-month mark of negotiations ...

Chicago’s preeminent taxpayer watchdog group says the “complex and highly politicized” surplus process revised by the Johnson ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday that his administration has been having discussions about possibly moving Christkindlmarket from Daley Plaza to a different location.

Could Chicago be headed for a government shutdown? Mayor Brandon Johnson and 26 aldermen are still far apart on a deal to ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on.

A vacancy on the CTA’s board of directors could give Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson a chance to exert some control over the transit agency’s future — months before control ...

CHICAGO — Aldermen voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget in a Monday committee vote, a historic display of rebellion against the freshman mayor who has been struggling to shore up support for ...