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Thanks to pushback from “Bungalow Belt” aldermen, a yearslong push to allow coach houses and basement apartments in Chicago will need to wait.

San Francisco and Chicago offer a split-screen in 2025: one mayor riding optimism, the other facing record-low approval.

Chicago’s proposed transit overhaul leaves key problems intact, critics warn—jeopardizing integration, equity and oversight of multibillion-dollar projects.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance team is briefing members of the City Council on potential new or expanded revenue streams.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is implementing a hiring freeze for the city through the end of the year. That ...

Larry Langford, Director of Media Affairs for the Chicago Fire Department, has retired after 25 years. There was a big sendoff as he reflected on a lot of memorable moments on the job.

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims doing so would be an invasion of privacy ...