The first well-funded shots against Mayor Brandon Johnson and progressive allies of his are already being fired, two years before they face reelection. A series of mailers sent earlier this year by ...

Mailers sent earlier this year by the dark money Common Ground Collective argue “Chicago is in chaos” in a bid to beat up ...

A number of Illinois legislators are making it clear that they oppose spending more taxpayer dollars on Chicago unless city ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by WBEZ’s studios on May 1, 2025 to answer Chicago residents’ questions.

"Teen takeover" gatherings are a growing concern downtown Chicago as summer approaches. A teen and a tourist were recently ...

After hours of debate, a vote on a revised youth curfew proposal is on hold for now. The proposal would give the police ...

After more than five hours of debate, the Chicago City Council’s Public Safety Committee took no action on the plan, backed ...

The decision stalls an effort by some aldermen to decisively shape Chicago’s policing policy in response to a handful of high ...

CHICAGO — Aldermen waffled Wednesday on a proposal to give Chicago’s top public safety leaders the power to declare “snap curfews” in an effort to curb so-called “teen takeovers,” delaying ...

Changes could be coming to Chicago’s curfew rules, despite Mayor Brandon Johnson’s objections, in order to address the so-called teen takeovers downtown that have led to violence. The ...

The plan aims to stop large groups of young people summoned by social media from assembling in the downtown area in ...