After nearly a decade on the Tampa City Council, Sandra Freedman became the first woman to chair it in 1983. Three years ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser, threatened with losing her authority and having her budget cut, changes her tune to avoid a ...

Heeding opposition from Black clergy and the Black Caucus, the City Council voted 26 to 19 not to impose a ban on the sale of ...

There’s a cryptic sign outside the playlot in Jackson Park at 56th Street and Cornell Avenue that just reads “Dickerson Playground.” It’s referring to Earl B. Dickerson, a man who ...

Jonathan Martin is POLITICO’s senior political columnist and politics bureau chief. He’s covered elections in every corner of America and co-authored a best-selling book about Donald Trump and Joe ...

As Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration details his process for picking a new alderman to represent Logan Square and other Northwest Side neighborhoods, all signs point to one politician: Cook ...

Many Chicagoans were anxious when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted an invitation to testify Wednesday before U.S. Congress on the city’s sanctuary policy.

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a forceful defense of Chicago’s history as a haven for immigrants during his opening statement before a Republican-led congressional hearing.

As outsiders expressed surprise, Lincoln Heights residents saw the Nazi march as the latest in a long history of insults and indignities.

Congressional Republicans scrutinize sanctuary cities as Trump admin ramps up deportations, sparking debate on local ...

The appearance by the first-term Chicago mayor before the U.S. House Oversight ... resistance to the Trump agenda — especially how it pertains to Black people, one of the mayor’s main bases. It’s a ...

Other Democrats who have been exploring a run include former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ... McBath, like Abrams, would be bidding to become the first Black female governor of an American state ...