As Chicago prepares for a large New Year's Eve celebration and fireworks along the lakefront, police say they're ready.

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare and tension-filled Saturday session, a budget that does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A majority of the Chicago City Council introduced an alternative budget proposal on Wednesday and scheduled a series of meetings over the next two weeks to pass a budget before ...

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CHICAGO — Chicago has just over two weeks to pass a city budget to avoid a government shutdown. City Council members will meet everyday this week except Friday, then back again next Tuesday. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...

A bid to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived THC products in Chicago, except at licensed marijuana dispensaries, hit a roadblock on Wednesday before the full City Council could vote on the ...

Citadel is shrinking its footprint in Chicago three years after billionaire owner Ken Griffin left for Florida, moving the company’s remaining operations in the city out of the downtown tower that was ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the majority of the Chicago City Council are deadlocked over next year’s municipal budget, an impasse that could halt all city services if they can’t find common ground on ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Political action committee (PAC) Save Austin Now has filed a lawsuit against Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax, alleging the city is interfering with its First Amendment rights over ...

As I've expressed a few times, I think Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal leaves a lot to be desired and we need a lot more structural reforms to get us on a sustainable path. I also think when ...