An increasing number of cities and states are considering measures to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing face coverings while conducting their operations. Many have grown al ...

Deborah Witzburg decided not to seek the second term that Mayor Brandon Johnson almost certainly would deny her. It's not the ...

IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another four-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon ...

As the departure of Ald. Walter Burnett leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson with the challenge of picking his third Zoning Committee chair, the City Council’s Black and Latino caucuses have already begun ...

No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the ...

At Wednesday’s meeting, council members shared heartfelt tributes to the Council’s current longest-serving member.

The Council fell six votes shy of overriding Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing the Chicago police superintendent to ...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of the measure that would have allowed ...

The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago ...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Wednesday she would not run for a fourth term in 2026, leaving the door open for a ...