Eva Fipps is the youngest mayor in America. Losing her stepfather inspired her to lead a town of 144 people in the Heartland.

King was the first gay Black man ever to serve as LGBTQ+ health & outreach liaison for the Chicago Department of Public ...

Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff and former member of Congress (among other high-profile roles), appears to be ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a longtime LGBTQ advocate and city employee to, what Johnson calls, the nation's first big ...

The first woman to perform mayoral duties in Miami was also the city's first Black commissioner, and a pioneer for Black and women's rights throughout Florida.

He failed on his campaign promises to tax the rich. Then city council members passed a budget without his blessing. Now his opponents are building a war chest that could be used to unseat him next ...

Follow the latest news after an ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota, sparking national outrage and calls ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has launched an “ICE Accountability Project,” an independent initiative she said would collect and document federal immigration agents’ alleged criminal or abusive ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday warned that layoffs could be coming later this year due to the budget that was passed without his support. But some City Council members, ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is launching an investigation into federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. Lightfoot's ICE Accountability Project is an independent initiative to collect and ...