Mayor Brandon Johnson says President Trump’s tax bill could make Chicago’s deficit worse.

Chicago ended 2024 with no unassigned fund balance after CPS skipped a key pension payment, leaving Mayor Johnson with less ...

County data show that Chicago could be on track to record fewer than 500 homicides this year, which would be the lowest total ...

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I step into this role with a deep sense of responsibility and an unwavering commitment to the students, families and the ...

Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive winner of yesterday’s New York City mayoral primary, might provide some of the answers—to a point. Mamdani, a 33-year-old, relatively unknown state assemblyman, ran an ...

Young urban progressives are relegating the Democratic Party to a permanent minority — with iron-fisted control over our deep ...

The coalition that awarded Zohran Mamdani a victory in New York City's Democratic primary contest for mayor is young and highly educated.

The future of a "snap curfew" for Chicago teens will come down to a vote on whether to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto ...

Restaurant groups argue the ordinance has forced businesses to shutter and led to a decrease in hospitality jobs.

Many kids are dealing with trauma and poverty. They need guidance, protection and boundaries, not chaos. A veto doesn’t ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a veto of a teen curfew ordinance Friday that had narrowly passed City Council earlier ...