Layoffs and shakeups to immigration courts across the country — including here. And the City Council signs off on new ethics reforms after long negotiations.

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

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

The feds had ruled that City Hall violated residents’ civil rights in a case involving the relocation of the General Iron ...

Leading this office is not a sprint or a marathon,” Inspector General Deborah Witzburg told WTTW News. “It is a relay race, ...

As the departure of Ald. Walter Burnett leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson with the challenge of picking his third Zoning Committee chair, the City Council’s Black and Latino caucuses have already begun ...

The retaliation lawsuit the three renters filed against their former landlord, Pilsen Rentals LLC, shows the limits of tenant ...

Chapin, the son of former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin, raised $118,000 in the second quarter — more than three times ...

We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...

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

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

At Wednesday’s meeting, council members shared heartfelt tributes to the Council’s current longest-serving member.