Fire interrupts City Council meeting at Chicago's City Hall 01:49 Past fires at Chicago's City Hall. This was not the first time a fire broke out in the City Hall-County Building complex.

The Chicago City Council approved a proposal to redevelop a shuttered elementary school building at its Wednesday meeting. Closed Chicago schools to become public plazas Altius Sports Partners now ...

City Council during their regular 11 a.m. meeting Tuesday could once again discuss Chicago’s status as a “sanctuary city,” an issue that last week that led to tense exchanges, chaos on the ...

The City Council approved the designation at its meeting on Wednesday. The old Wax Trax! Records building is located at 2449 N. Lincoln Ave., about half a block northwest of the six-way ...

The landmark designation approved by the City Council only covers St. Adalbert's church, not the entire complex that includes ...

The fire was on the third floor of the Cook County side of the building, which is located at 118 N. Clark St. downtown, ... The Chicago City Council evacuated during their meeting about 11:30 a.m.

The City Council is also considering a proposal by Mayor Brandon Johnson to provide financial assistance ... Chicago City Council approves land sale to developer to build $5.9M industrial building.

And Johnson is not entirely wrong. Since 1995, Chicago’s mayor has had the sole authority to appoint board members, who then vote on the school district’s CEO, without City Council input.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. A Chicago City Council member has taken another shot ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.1 billion budget for next year has passed the city council by a thin margin after the mayor made significant compromises amid weeks of stalemate. The 27-23 ...

The Chicago City Council has given landmark status to an industrial building in the city’s West Loop that once housed the Warehouse nightclub and is credited as the birthplace of ‘House’ music.

A fire in a records room at the Cook County Building prompted a large response in the building that also houses City Hall, prompting an evacuation of Wednesdsay's Chicago City Council meeting.