Alderman Daniel LaSpata deferred a vote on lowering the speed limit in Chicago to 25 miles per hour Wednesday.

Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...

City Council chambers were packed with Say No to Coal members opposed to continuing the electric contract with the Illinois ...

Alders approved more than $35 million in settlements, blocked a vote to amend the city’s Welcoming City ordinance and delayed ...

Two Chicago officials who wanted to allow police to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target migrants with a ...

The failed effort on carve-outs was spearheaded by Southwest Side colleagues Ray Lopez (15th) and Silvana Tabares (23rd), two of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most outspoken critics. The exceptions to the ...

An effort by opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson to water down Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance faltered in the City Council ...

Chicago’s first hybrid school board, featuring 10 elected members and 11 mayoral appointees, is set to be sworn in Wednesday.

Any hopes of the City Council having a quiet start to 2025 after a bruising budget battle will likely evaporate at tomorrow's ...

The proposal prompted a large group of immigration advocates to attend Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Many of them spoke in favor of protections afforded in Chicago’s sanctuary status ...

The proposal would allow police to help with deportations, but the city’s law department says it violates state law.

Ten days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, Mayor Brandon Johnson is reaffirming Chicago’s Welcoming ...