Congressional Republicans on the House Oversight Committee produced a video previewing a hearing this week aimed at ...

Brandon Johnson is in DC ahead of Wednesday's appearance before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Republicans are expected to use the Democratic mayors of Chicago, Denver, Boston and New ...

Taxpayers can expect to pay more than twice the stated amount for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s recently-approved bond issue.

The mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City are set to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and ...

Chicago is widely considered a "sanctuary city," but what does that mean for how local police handle immigration cases?

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his appointment as the Chicago Park District's new CEO days after General Supt. and Chief ...

Old foes appear to put aside Chicago Democratic politics to help Johnson prepare for a Republican-led hearing in Congress.

A week's delay in voting on the mayor's $830 million borrowing plan bought his City Council allies time to twist arms to ...

AROUND THE STATE Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump - “Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the ...

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I loved being the alderman of the 35th Ward,” Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 36, said. “But you can’t turn down a job like this ...