Craig Dellimore

The Johnson administration says it will do what it can to help families affected by plans to close seven schools from the Acero Charter School network. The mayor, though, said Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should have done more.

It’s back to the drawing board for Mayor Brandon Johnson after the city council defeated his $300 million property tax hike proposal. The vote was unanimous. The proposed property tax hike was unpopular from the moment it was introduced.

Superintendent Larry Snelling spent much of a day-long budget hearing assuring alderpersons like the North Side’s Samantha Nugent, that cutting staff for the Office of Constitutional Policing won’t hamper progress on police reform.

A top Republican lawmaker in Illinois is concerned that Governor J.B. Pritzker will try to saddle residents with new or higher taxes to balance Illinois’ next budget.

With hundreds of police officers inside and outside of St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church, loved ones and mourners gathered on Monday to honor the life of Police Officer Enrique Martinez, who was shot and killed two weeks ago during a traffic stop.

Mayor Johnson confirms reports that his office has crafted a framework for a fiscal 2025 Budget that would cut the $300 million property tax increase he first proposed in half. But, he says, don’t call it “deal” as some have.

The Chicago Fire Department is still lagging behind other city agencies in diversifying its ranks, and the African-American commissioner, Annette Nance Holt, is not happy.

Transgender activists and their allies took to Chicago City Hall on Wednesday to honor those in their community who have lost their lives because of who they are.

Chicago Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Cole Stallard quarrels with one pest control labeling Chicago the rattiest city in America, but he said the City can and will do more to address the problem.

Outgoing Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx says she’s not surprised that the Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Empire TV show Actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for a false hate crime report in 2019.