Chicago’s tourism bureau and downtown hotel owners are backing an unusual play to boost demand: taxing themselves. A resolution to begin creating a Tourism Improvement District, funded by a 1.5 ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order capping police overtime spending and adding oversight to manage the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday prohibiting the sale of medical debt and establishing responsible ...

Among the hundreds of new laws taking effect in Illinois in 2026 will be bills related to gun ownership, as well as crime ...

Good morning, Chicago. The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the ground is 1 inch or more the morning of Dec. 25. So, any snow that could fall later that ...

Chicago's city council passed its alternative budget over the weekend. Mayor Brandon Johnson hates it, but said he would not veto it.