Rahm Emanuel’s stint as ambassador to Japan followed his two terms as Chicago’s mayor, which followed his 20 months as Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff. But before he formally ...

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through data, community investment, and strategic prevention—not just ...

Immigrant rights advocates say Rapid Response teams are becoming essential to community safety as Trump’s raids increase ...

From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...

Unfortunately, local mayoral races are starting to take on features more typically associated with campaigns for federal ...

Chicago commemorates the 1995 Heat Wave victims and honors WWII hero Emilio Aguirre with initiatives for future heat ...

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 ...

Johnson turned to Burnett last summer only after the post had been vacant for 10 months following Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, ...

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 Department Supt. Larry Snelling power to declare a three-hour curfew anywhere ...

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 ...