Choose Chicago is preparing to create a "Tourism Improvement District" that would raise millions, more than doubling the ...

Taxpayers continue to get squeezed for multi-million-dollar police misconduct lawsuit settlements, and Chicago police are inching forward on reform. City Council should say no to Mayor Johnson's ...

The funding would expand services and non-police response for behavioral crises, but the CDPH's own budget is set to shrink ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...

Students at Hancock College Prep learned about the responsibilities of Chicago’s school board and how to develop an opinion ...

CBS News Chicago asked candidates to share their views on four key issues facing the next board when all members are sworn in ...

If the projections hold true, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker could face difficult financial decisions, from increasing taxes to ...

Facing a projected $1 billion shortfall, the mayor and the City Council are scrambling to balance the 2025 budget. How did we get here?

The latest five-year projections for the state of Illinois’ finances shows a $10 billion increase in state spending with a ...

Plus, an Election Day liquor ban question is posed to Lincoln Square residents, while a Bronzeville alderperson pushes for ...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris back no-tax-on-tips policy, but in an election where the economy is the No. 1 issue, ...

Facing a 2025 budget gap of nearly $1 billion, the Johnson administration last week seized every option available to it other than any meaningful concessions from the city’s vast labor force to cover ...