Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 20 according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The “superhighway” was named in honor of ...

The President claimed in a rare primetime Oval Office address that the economy is doing well and will boom in 2026. Will it persuade the public? Plus Paul Gigot and Matthew Continetti on Trump's best ...

After Chicago's city council passed its so-called alternative budget over the weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson faced a choice. He could veto the $16.6 billion 2026 budget, which eked through without a ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the weekend, but he also isn't signing it. Amid concerns that he would veto the ...

Chicago’s annual snowplow-naming contest launched this month, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is already teasing an early favorite: “Abolish ICE.” After opening applications for the city’s fourth “You Name ...

While the organizers of Christkindlmarket said on Nov. 29 they only had 12 hours notice about Daley Plaza capacity limits, emails reveal they knew a month earlier. "We were informed the day before the ...

(The Center Square) – A new Chicago budget is set to take effect, even though the city’s mayor refused to sign it. Flanked by Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates and several aldermanic ...

The proposed settlement is tied to a lawsuit that contends Chicago cops “responded to these protests with brutal, violent, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

During his remarks to the American Business Forum in Miami last month, Donald Trump rambled on about Lori Lightfoot and her "luxuriant" hair, believing she is still the mayor of Chicago. "That mayor ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, even as Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last-ditch effort to reintroduce ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave his "full and complete endorsement" for the name "Abolish ICE" ahead of the city's annual snowplow naming contest. Earlier this month, the Chicago Department of ...