Layoff notices have been sent to nine of the 21 custodians employed at Chicago’s City Hall, with Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

A 40-year-old recording of then-Mayor Harold Washington leading the Refrigerettes in a rousing cheer for the NFC Champion ...

On Monday, Ordinance O2025-0019984 passed unanimously in committee and at the city council meeting. Because the ordinance is ...

Chicago City Council approved a $16.7 billion alternative budget by a 29-19 vote, closing a nearly $1.2 billion gap through new revenue measures such as legalized video gambling, selling debt to ...

The payment was a pivotal part of the alternative city budget approved over Mayor Brandon Johnson's objections. But he chose to make it in two installments, citing cash flow concerns tied to delayed ...

The City Council delayed a final vote on a measure that would have expanded CPD's authority to impose teen curfews, when aldermen balked at immediately voting on last-minute changes to the ordinance.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A majority of the Chicago City Council introduced an alternative budget proposal on Wednesday and scheduled a series of meetings over the next two weeks to pass a budget before ...

The Chicago City Council is set to consider a proposed ban on some sales of hemp products at its meeting on Wednesday.

Despite down-to-the-wire deadlines and sometimes-contentious exchanges on the council floor, what we witnessed this budget season is something we should all applaud: a healthy disagreement between ...