Mayor Brandon Johnson has pushed for the ouster of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez (left). Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file photo Share As the Chicago Teachers Union pushes hard to finalize a contract with ...

Trump border czar Tom Homan has designated the nation’s third-largest city as ground zero for his plans to round up immigrants in the country illegally and other groups at an unprecedented scale, ...

Chicago saw eight homicides in the first six days of 2025, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Alderpersons are scheduled to return at 1 p.m. Monday, by which time Mayor Brandon Johnson hopes to revise his budget enough to win Council approval. Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th) listens as members of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — It's been a busy year in the news in Illinois – from Mayor Brandon Johnson's frequent clashes ... area woman posted more than 4,600 pictures of them on the Cicada Safari ...

Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state ...

Two Chicago alderpersons want council members to vote on an amended version of the city’s welcoming city ordinance.

Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a pointed endorsement Friday of embattled CTA president Dorval Carter ahead of a potential ...

Chicago officials slammed Mayor Brandon Johnson for issuing new guidelines for dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

As Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration conducts pilot testing on first-responder technologies to replace the ShotSpotter system he discontinued, one skeptical alderman wants to move ahead on a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson took questions about hot topics in the new year Tuesday, from his budget battle to the Chicago Teachers Union contract and how he plans to pay for it.

Mayor Brandon Johnson opened the Roseland Health Hub on Wednesday, a major step in his effort to expand Chicago’s bricks-and-mortar mental health system. Johnson cut the ribbon at the the long ...