Chicagoans want a larger-than-life leader adept at taking on special interest groups and the city’s challenges a centrist ...

Growing occasionally emotional, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday testified during a bench trial that she was disturbed and traumatized by a profane and racist death threat sent in to ...

Chicago doesn’t have the teen “flash mob” problem under control. But an 8 p.m. curfew for minors isn’t the answer.

Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle, challenger Justin Ozinga, and trustee candidates debate growth, housing and economic development.

— Brian Gladstein is now executive director of the Friends of the Parks nonprofit in Chicago. He was a fundraising consultant who had worked as a regional get-out-the-vote director for Gov. JB ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was told the federal task force is looking into allegations that local schools may have failed to protect Jewish students from unlawful discrimination.

The Justice Department issued a notice Thursday to Mayor Brandon Johnson over alleged antisemitism on Chicago campuses, the latest escalation of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on liberal cities ...

In his final state of the village address, Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said Thursday it would be a “dream” for the ...

Trump is not the first president to wield federal funds as a weapon. But some analysts say the current attacks on Boston is ...

Dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day started with a simple idea hatched by two influential friends in the ...

The funding feud between Chicago Public Schools and the mayor's office over a $175 million pension payment is heating up.

Following a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ramirez-Rosa will succeed Rosa Escareno, the outgoing head of the Chicago Park District. Escareno announced her resignation on Feb. 26. Two days later, Chicago ...