The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.

Jane Byrne, with an assist from mighty snowstorms and a tone-deaf Chicago mayor who preceded her, will forever be known as the feisty woman who in 1979 toppled Chicago’s formidable Democratic ...

The village of Hazel Crest made history Tuesday, swearing in its first-ever female mayor. Sandra Alexander was elected to lead the village on April1. She began working for the village in 1994 as a ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a statement condemning the deadly violence that the city suffered over Memorial Day weekend, its deadliest on ... and a female who suffered a graze wound, ...

The Chicago Housing Authority has cycled through eight top executives in the past year; Brandon Johnson is expected to ...

A Chicago alderman is calling on the city to shut down a newly opened restaurant in River North following another fatal ...

Lightfoot is the first incumbent elected Chicago mayor to lose re-election since 1983, when Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, lost her primary.

Lori Lightfoot. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, 60, made history in 2019 as the first black female and openly gay mayor. She is currently facing a tough reelection bid to be the first woman reelected after ...

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ripped border czar Tom Homan after the Trump official threatened to prosecute him if he impeded ICE's efforts to deport illegal immigrants.

Chicago wanted a government that only looks at people based on the color of their skin. By that metric, Johnson’s tenure as mayor is an undeniable success. Tags ...

A cop assigned to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s security detail was sidelined from duty earlier this year for allegedly showing up to work still drunk after partying at one of President Trump ...

Chicago police investigating homicide near Mayor Brandon Johnson’s home A person was found dead just after midnight in the 5700 block of West Chicago Avenue, according to police.