Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda is taking a hit as only a few candidates endorsed by teachers union held early leads in the city’s first school board election.

Wednesday marks the beginning of Chicago City Council’s budget hearings, with alderpersons and their residents upset with ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi argued that many office buildings in Chicago’s Loop are worth more now than before the ...

In the nation’s biggest cities, meanwhile, voters will determine the fate of mayors, sheriffs, criminal justice reform, ...

In the final phase of his reassessment of all city property, the Cook County Assessor contends remote work and elevated interest rates have weakened some, but not all, of the vacancy-plagued downtown ...

Ald. Scott Waugespack, 32nd Ward, joins WGN-TV Political Report ...