The 29 council members who asked for the meeting are critical of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to close a gaping budget hole ...

The city’s top doctor says Chicago won’t reopen more mental health clinics next year and won’t have as many EMTs to answer ...

The details of the May 2018 call have previously been laid out in court records, but the actual recording has never before ...

Four counties in Chicago’s suburbs had measures on the ballot which proposed levying a small tax or bond to fund green spaces ...

Voters backed enhanced election security, healthcare coverage for IVF and a so-called millionaire’s tax to fund property tax ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also took to social media, opening the doors of the state to "vulnerable communities" he says face ...

Kamala Harris won among city voters, but the president-elect took more than 100 precincts, primarily on the Northwest and ...

Voters in Cook County elect two-thirds of judges in the county. This election, they weighed in on 77 judges. Every two years, Cook County voters are asked whether circuit court judges should be ...

Former president Donald Trump won a second term in office, and Democrats won a host of local races in the Chicago area.

More than $7 million has been raised to support candidates, much of it used in recent days to fuel a battle between the ...

A WBEZ analysis found almost all Illinois babies born in 2023 with the help of fertility treatments had moms with private ...

Six candidates, all CPS parents with some experience in education who represent a range of views on the issues, are vying to ...