His recommended Chicago Police Department budget continues the age-old Chicago practice of undercounting legal fees and ...

Eight years ago, Randy Podolsky thought it would be smooth sailing for his plan for a 150-boat transient marina next to Navy ...

Lori Lightfoot swept into the office of Chicago Mayor in a surprisingly decisive victory in 2019, the first African American gay mayor made history. In her four years as Mayor, she faced a global ...

DOLTON, Ill. (CBS) -- Fireworks erupted at a village board meeting in south suburban Dolton Wednesday night. Embattled Mayor ...

Lightfoot is a CBS News Chicago political analyst, and you’ll see her with us next week. New presidential election polls ...

San Francisco’s London Breed is the latest is a string of Democratic mayors who’ve faced fierce reelection headwinds due to ...

For the first time in several weeks, the Village of Dolton achieved a quorum and held a public meeting Wednesday night as ...

Chicago voters largely rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education ... JB Pritzker dealt Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, a stunning defeat in 2021 by backing a bill that gradually ...

CHICAGO - Chicago is holding its first school board elections on Tuesday, a key step as the city transitions from a mayor-appointed school board to one elected by voters. Results will begin to display ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to cut 456 police vacancies would decimate spending and staff within the office leading the ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, and former Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger, a Republican, gave their takes on where the 2024 race stands with hours to go before Election Day ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins a chorus of reforms advocates who have sounded the alarm about Johnson’s proposal ...