Fran Spielman

The decision by Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) not to seek reelection in 2027 will deny the renegade group of City Council members who seized control over the budget process one of its most reliable votes and best political tacticians.

The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced police Cmdr.

The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced police Cmdr. Jon Burge. But it was Mayor Brandon Johnson who finally delivered on that.

The latest in a long string of wrongful conviction settlements goes to Alberto Ochoa, a one-time 17-year-old day laborer who was beaten and tricked into confessing to a gang-related murder he did not commit.

Mayor Brandon Johnson waited until the last Rules Committee meeting before the August recess to introduce the millionaire's tax referendum directly to committee.

To bankroll the “bond-financed” purchase, Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city would have been required to issue debt backed by parking meter revenues

El último de una larga serie de acuerdos por mala conducta policial se destina a Alberto Ochoa de La Villita; a los 17 años, el jornalero fue golpeado

Political pushback preceded a pair of lopsided votes for bankrolling infrastructure for a South Loop project spearheaded by billionaire team owner Joe Mansueto.

Budget Committee Chair Jason Ervin (28th) wants to use the delay to push an alternative plan to create a public infrastructure trust similar to the one created, then abandoned, by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel to acquire the parking meters.

Chicago Housing Authority board member Matthew Brewer accused the mayor of engineering the takeover in an attempt to retaliate against him for announcing a run for mayor in 2027.