Craig Dellimore

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the mayors of other so-called sanctuary cities have been called to testify before a congressional committee whose chairman is openly critical of such policies.

After a long impassioned debate and some stalling tactics, the vote was 26 to 23 to approve borrowing $830 million to repair and maintain Chicago’s roadways, bridges, and more.

Republican lawmakers say a new state audit raises serious concerns about money the Pritzker Administration paid to give health care to undocumented immigrants.

In more than three decades in Chicago, After School Matters has grown into a non-profit powerhouse that offers teenagers training not just in the Arts, where it started, but in sports, skills and more.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has arrived in Washington D.C. for his expected testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday, and the committee is hyping the expected confrontation in an online video.

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel isn’t ruling out the possibility of trying to get his old job back. Near the end of a nearly hour long interview before the Economic Club Emanuel was asked if he’d consider being mayor again.

The proposed fur ban had been stuck in the council’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection for about a year and a half, but quickly was approved and sent to the full council this time.

Religious leaders standing with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant Refugee Rights like Pastor Michael Ware of North Shore Baptist Church see Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance as a moral obligation.

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee is recommending the city pay around $3 million in settlements for two people killed in wrongful police chases, one person injured by a police car, and another injured by a police officer.

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel is side-stepping a verbal battle with Chicago’s current Mayor. Current Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, has criticized the former Mayor but Emanuel refuses to respond.