The Velvet Hammer.” “Sphinx.” “King of Illinois.” “The Wizard of Oz.” “The Real Governor of Illinois.” “Himself.” ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to shutter the U.S. Department of Education. The move could carry many implications for ...

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward M. Burke's Burnham Committee gave the money to a fund for Justice Joy V. Cunningham days after ...

Only days after Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly warned of plans to clean house, leaders of several Chicago agencies ...

Three top Chicago officials departed their positions Thursday at the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Office of Emergency Management and Communications and the Chicago Department of Aviation.

The Sun-Times reported Mayor Johnson's warning that he was ready to send people packing. On Thursday, Aviation Commissioner ...

Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee is retiring, OEMC director Jose Tirado is "transitioning out" and COPA chief Andrea Kersten ...

The investigative roadblocks outlined by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg include demands by the Law Department to sit in on sensitive interviews that might embarrass the mayor and delaying the ...

Only days after Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly warned of plans to clean house, leaders of several Chicago agencies ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson swept out Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee, COPA chief Andrea Kersten and OEMC director Jose Tirado.

Three key Chicago agency leaders — the aviation commissioner, the executive director of OEMC, and the chief administrator of COPA — are stepping down.

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.