Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is threatening service cuts, layoffs and property tax hikes if aldermen reject his proposed ...

The mayor’s head tax would impose a $21-per-worker monthly tax on businesses with 100 employees or more, although there have ...

Ald. Pat Dowell told reporters she advised Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration not to proceed with a budget vote in her ...

At Illinois AFL-CIO and Chicago Federation of Labor forum, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly each blamed Trump for voter concerns over affordability.

Success breeds failure. Policies and practices well suited to society at one juncture in history are often poorly suited to ...

Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ...

Food pantries on local community college campuses are about to get a big boost just on time for the upcoming holidays, and to help make up for expected federal food aid cutbacks. The 7th annual Pack ...

The strike date comes ahead of a scheduled bargaining session on Nov. 17, the final meeting before the deadline.

The daughter of a Hollywood screenwriter who was imprisoned and blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare has decried ...

Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman's proposal allocates $41 million in personnel reductions, including 54 administrative jobs; 275 certificated positions such as teachers, counselors, social workers ...

Minneapolis Public Schools has lost nearly 1 in 4 students since 2018. One reason: classrooms are too crowded. The newly negotiated teacher contract, which includes enforceable class-size caps, is a ...