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

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration has argued the potential jackpot from lifting the Chicago ban on video gambling would ...

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

Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over ...

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 ...

A tragedy on Lake Michigan claimed the life of a Chicago hairstylist last month. Zahrie Walls was not wearing a life jacket ...

The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon ...

The two City Council members who wanted their wards pulled out of an anti-gentrification ordinance that went into effect this ...

Residential permits across Chicago remained low in 2024, and efforts to increase housing on existing lots have been put off.

After the convictions of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and former Ald. Ed Burke, Chicago politics are falling under renewed scrutiny by those pushing for reform.

The Chicago City Council will allow residential developments near public transit to build without imposing parking space ...