Global credit ratings firm S&P rang the alarm on Chicago Public School finances last week, weighing in on the ongoing ...

The Chicago City Council adjourned without taking up Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal on Friday. The goal appears to be getting rid of the $68.5 million property tax hike all together with a ...

Named after the city of Ulm, a twin city of Neu-Ulm in southern Germany, New Ulm has proudly worn its German heart and ...

The stalled budget deal has some questioning the ability of Mayor Brandon Johnson and his staff to govern effectively.

A letter sent by Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, to Illinois state authorities decries the degree to which school board members ...

President Biden commuted the sentences of 1,499 people, including embezzler Rita Crundwell, and pardoned 39 others in a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson made an eleventh-hour decision to cancel a Friday vote on his 2025 budget plan, the latest setback for ...

Some City Council members say Johnson’s budget should include more spending cuts rather than increases to property taxes.

Gia Biagi has been appointed to lead the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), pending Senate approval, and Detroit ...

A top choice to become chief of the Seattle Police Department comes with some baggage that could come back to haunt mayor ...

After an anticipated meeting with Tom Homan, Mayor Adams said the city is not going to be a “safe haven” for violent ...