Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall ...

Jill Jaworski, the city’s finance chief since May 2023, is taking a similar job at Chicago’s Navy Pier tourist attraction ...

Chicago faces a projected $1.17 billion budget gap for 2027. There is work to be done now, before politics make the challenge ...

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 ...

Rep. Mike Quigley has a primarily election coming up in two months as he seeks another term in Congress, but he’s also ...

Days after the city of Chicago slashed capacity at its iconic Christkindlmarket by 75%, officials are increasing that number, but vendors are still irate at the decisionmaking process. According to a ...

As Chicago aldermen began to wrap their minds around Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal Tuesday, what lies ahead at City Hall came into focus: another long, uphill battle. City Council members ...

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Chicago’s Theaster Gates has been demonstrating the power and possibility of artists as city-builders for almost 20 years using a South Side neighborhood in his hometown as the prototype. ByChadd ...

Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards discussed the team's potential playoff opponents and knows the city would like to see them host the Packers.