Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A ...

Mamdani won the Democratic primary, NBC News projects, and will face the incumbent, Eric Adams, in the general election.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists who were not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in the Illinois General Assembly, a practice his office defended after ...

Can’t imagine Brandon Johnson calling New York hedge fund titans and pitching a move to Chicago following the bombshell election? Neither can we.

— Adam Bianchi has been tapped as general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. He’s the district ...

Michael Madigan will follow Ed Burke to federal prison, arguably ending Irish political leadership stretching back 150 years ...

Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several days. The National Weather Service has ...

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him. U.S.

Alderman Brian Hopkins worked on various proposals after two people were injured in shootings during downtown street ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

PLAYBOOK Q&A: Charles Isbell Jr., who was approved Monday as the next chancellor of the University of Illinois ...