Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was elected on a left-wing agenda. But he is struggling to maintain support while governing, due to his own errors and relentless opposition.

Former CPS CEO Janice Jackson is joining the Aspen Institute to lead its Education & Society Program, amid talk she could challenge Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The City Council could vote to override Mayor Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing for temporary curfews for teens on ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson will officially present his veto of a curfew ordinance at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Chicago, that toddlin’ town.” It was certainly toddlin’ in the 1950s and 1960s, when that song was a hit for Frank Sinatra. The city had bounced back from the Great ...

Dozens of people gathered in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday night to remember hundreds of people who died during the July 1995 heat wave. At the Columbus Park Refectory, Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

The mayor said he wants to improve public safety and aesthetics of retail corridors, but City Council members blasted more ...

Alderman Marty Quinn proposed an ordinance which would have required future borrowing to be approved by two thirds of the council instead of just a majority.

A push to legalize accessory dwelling units citywide in Chicago will face a key vote after a mayor-led compromise aimed at ...

If approved by the City Council on Wednesday, the measure would weaken the decades-old tradition known as aldermanic ...

The City of Chicago has scaled up its Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program, resulting in a 39% decrease in shooting incidents, a 35% decrease in fatal shootings, and a 41% decrease in ...

Chicago alders will consider allowing more accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, to provide more affordable housing.