No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the focus for replacing Mendoza on the Democratic primary process. The ...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Wednesday she would not run for a fourth term in 2026, leaving the door open for a ...

Chicago alders tried and failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a measure that would have given Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling power to declare a three-hour curfew anywhere ...

Chicago alders tried and failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a measure that would have given Chicago Police ...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Wednesday she would not run for a fourth term in 2026 as the state’s top fiscal officer, opening the door for her to challenge Brandon Johnson in what would be ...

An educator urges his counter-parts in other cities to draw the lessons from the betrayal in Chicago and wage a ...

Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over ...

Youth organizers expressed gratitude for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago alderpersons who listened to young people.

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That's according to ...

The issue has been debated for years since Anjanette Young was handcuffed and forced to stand naked while a team of police officers mistakenly raided her home.

Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the ...

We are counting down Cal’s top 50 athletes based on their careers as post-collegiate professionals. Their performance as Golden Bears is not factored into the r ...