Former Chicago alderman Carrie Austin, indicted in 2021 for allegedly receiving home improvements from contractors seeking ...

By June 1983, the Council Wars had so effectively entered Chicago’s political vocabulary that comedian Aaron Freeman could make a successful cabaret show of the City Hall squabbles.

The last time Chicago elected a reform-minded mayor, all political hell broke loose. Will the April 2 mayoral and aldermanic elections usher in Council Wars II? Chicago’s city charter calls for ...

The City Council rift with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is tame compared to the council wars in Harold Washington's era.

CHICAGOCHICAGO — A former prominent member of the Chicago City Council has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in a scheme to help a lawyer foil the Internal Revenue Service. Edward Vrdolyak (ver-DOH ...

CPD has said police did not assist ICE at all during an operation when federal agents arrested 10 people at a South Loop ...

Here’s what the Chicago City Council can (and mostly can’t) do to limit the mayor’s power over the CPS Board Some alderpeople called a special City Council meeting for Wednesday, but they ...

The Chicago City Council met Tuesday to weigh imposing 'reasonable limits' on resources for migrants.

The Chicago City Council on Friday handed Mayor Brandon Johnson a defeat in his quest to pass a $17.3 billion budget package that includes a $68.5 million increase to the property tax levy.

WE SPENT THE DAY in the Chicago City Council meeting, where there was a lot of drama. But in the end, most issues were shoved off for future meetings, including concerns about the school board ...

Lori Lightfoot denounced the City Council as corrupt, then turned around and shamed all 50 members, who were seated behind her, into joining the cheering crowd in a standing ovation for reform.