Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo ...

It doesn’t instill confidence that Mayor Brandon Johnson himself had to walk back his CFO’s statement that a property tax ...

If a proposal from Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th) becomes law, everyone boarding a boat in the city will be required to wear a ...

The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago ...

None of the alderpeople at the sparsely attended committee hearing pressed CPD officials about why the department had fully ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The so-called "granny flats" proposal was tabled during a full Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday. It ...

Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the ...

The city of Chicago spent more than $270 million on police overtime last year, the city’s watchdog agency reported.

The failure of at least 34 members of the Chicago City Council to vote to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s action means the first mayoral veto in 19 years will stand.

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved.

Council members expressed serious concerns about how the city is going to pay for them when it is already facing a major ...

The Council fell six votes shy of overriding Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing the Chicago police superintendent to ...