A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday scheduled five more meetings to ensure they can pass a 2026 budget before the end-of-the-year deadline. Alders and Mayor Brandon Johnson have clashed on how to ...

Chicago aldermen have scheduled a series of five City Council meetings before Christmas as they race the clock to pass a ...

The deadline for approving the city budget is two and a half weeks away, and if Mayor Brandon Johnson and City Council ...

Three quarters of respondents to a new poll say they’ll hold the Chicago mayor responsible if he vetoes the City Council’s ...

In the latest case to be settled, the Chicago City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $15.4 million to Robert Smith Jr., who ...

The Chicago budget clock keeps ticking, but it appears the mayor and a group of 26 alders who have offered an alternative budget are no closer to a compromise than they were last week.

A bid to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived THC products in Chicago, except at licensed marijuana dispensaries, hit a ...

The License and Consumer Protection Committee voted 10-6 to send the measure to the full City Council, where it faces an ...

The city budget is a top priority as Chicago alderpeople prepare for Wednesday's City Council meeting, but the mayor and council are still far apart on a deal.

Thirteenth Ward Alderman Marty Quinn is leading the charge. This proposed city-wide hemp ban would mean that businesses would ...

The a block of Chicago City Council members pushed through several new meetings starting next week to have enough time to ...