With negotiations on a new Chicago Teachers Union contract foundering, Mayor Brandon Johnson is pinning the blame solely on ...

The Illinois State Board of Education approved a nearly $11.4 billion budget request this week for the upcoming fiscal year, ...

Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader.

If the City Council and the County Board approve the incentive, it could save Bally's nearly $300 million over ten years. But Mayor Brandon Johnson and Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry argued ...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting in which a St. John Police officer shot and killed a man at his home.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson discussed youth voter turnout, the role of religion in governance, and a range of pressing city ...

But the mayor remains mum on whether accepting the money to begin with amounted to an ethics violation of a longstanding rule barring campaign donations from city contractors.

Illinois doubled private investments in the state, as well as investments in clean energy, and quadrupled the number of retained jobs in 2024, ...

An ordinance seeking authorization says the mayor wants to use the proceeds for infrastructure improvements, property ...

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation last night to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing ...

Looking over his shoulder: Possible mayoral challengers Alexi Giannoulias and Susana Mendoza are also fundraising, though ...

Two Chicago officials who wanted to allow police to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target migrants with a ...