President Donald Trump is escalating his criticism of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Rick Cole has spent several decades running cities, both as an elected official and as a planner. He has worked in suburban Azusa, California, and progressive-dominated Santa Monica and currently sits ...

A 14-year-old boy died and eight other teenagers were wounded in separate shootings in downtown Chicago hours after a tree lightning nearby.

The end of federal COVID money could mean a 43% reduction in city spending for domestic violence aid as fatal attacks jump. Mayor Brandon Johnson has tied future funding for programs to his proposed ...

As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.

Mamdani and Pritzker discussed how to approach Trump, Pritzker's experience with the president's effort to send troops into ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating a brutal attack on a mother and her children near a Far South Side school.

“When I went there the nurse was like, ‘We’ve been trying to call someone all night but nobody answered the phone,’” Brown ...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S campaign of retribution is being informally led by Ed Martin, the pardon attorney in the Department ...

Chicago will not apply for federal community violence intervention grants after the Trump administration reshaped the program ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget proposal includes a controversial head tax he hopes will generate $100 million to fund violence prevention and youth employment programs in the city.

The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet brought their own form of protest to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...