Several Black aldermen and clergy members rallied ahead of the meeting to urge the council to vote down a proposal from Ald.

The Chicago City Council approved a $280,000 settlement with an activist who was struck and injured by a CPD officer in 2020.

The fur ban ordinance was an effort to fight animal cruelty, but opponents say it would have closed historic Chicago ...

Alderpeople rejected Ald. Ray Lopez's proposal to ban the sale of new fur products by a 19-26 vote. Local fur shop owners ...

A 46-year-old woman and her son were walking near the AMC River East movie theater Sunday night when the woman was shot in ...

The chair of City Council’s budget committee and the city’s chief financial officer told school board members they could ...

Police officer Nicholas Jovanovich hit Boyd's phone into her face as she filmed police during a 2020 protest. An ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council Committee on Finance approved ... Boyd was filming an arrest when an officer knocked her phone out of her hand, which hit her face and knocked out her ...

Wave upon wave of disoriented, often traumatized migrants were unceremoniously deposited in the city, costing Chicago a fortune ... has targeted and kicked out immigrants, but most of our previous ...

She had coordinated with the Chicago Police Department about addressing the problem of children hanging out near the theater ... outside the theater. The City Council member repeated that ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson is launching an effort to find a new alderperson for the 35th Ward. The mayor recently appointed Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa to a new role, leading the ...