Chicago’s annual snowplow naming contest is entering its next phase, and one protest against federal immigration enforcement ...

The Sports Betting Alliance (SBA) Tuesday morning filed multiple complaints against the City of Chicago, which earlier this month approved a budget that includes a provision to tax sports betting ...

Chicago’s City Council overruled Mayor Brandon Johnson in dramatic fashion on Saturday, approving a 2026 budget that scraps his proposed corporate head tax and commits more cash to the city’s deeply ...

The Chicago Bears are conducting preliminary testing on a potential stadium site in Hammond that borders the City of Chicago and lies in the shadow of the Midwest's largest oil refinery. Here is a ...

Chicago’s city council on Friday approved a revenue ordinance for 2026 that’s a key component of a roughly $16 billion budget for the third-largest US city. The ordinance — which passed in a 29 to 19 ...

Citadel is shrinking its footprint in Chicago three years after billionaire owner Ken Griffin left for Florida, moving the company’s remaining operations in the city out of the downtown tower that was ...

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Chicago City Hall. On Wednesday, the City Council voted to accelerate its meeting schedule before a Dec. 31 budget deadline. The city is nearing a Dec. 31 deadline to pass a 2026 spending plan.

A Chicago city inspector was arrested after he was accused of making threats toward a state senator, according to Illinois State Police and state Sen. Andrew Chesney. Joseph Haggerty, a 59-year-old ...

Last week’s rejection by the City Council Finance Committee of the mayor’s proposed revenue package for the 2026 budget may lead one to conclude that we are out of time. With barely over a month ...

With recent attention focused on the budget drama in Chicago, you’re forgiven if you missed what could end up being a yet-bigger story with perilous long-term consequences for this city. The city ...

Inside the 2026 City of Chicago budget: four aldermen, real tradeoffs, and fresh updates. With a welcome from Alderman Brian Hopkins, this program will include the latest in an ever-changing budget ...