Mariah Woelfel

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV Thursday in Rome. WBEZ City Hall reporter Mariah Woelfel is in Rome covering the mayor's historic Vatican visit.

The progressive Chicago mayor can finally count some wins in the Capitol after the latest session, and not just because the Bears left Springfield without any help moving to Arlington Heights.

A group of Chicago teens testified at City Hall Wednesday about so-called “teen takeovers,” imploring City Council members to think beyond curfew ordinances when trying to stop the large gatherings of kids from turning violent.

Prosecutors say Austin and her top aide, Chester Wilson Jr., accepted home improvement materials such as sump pumps, a dehumidifier and kitchen

Nearly six months after Johnson ordered Chicago police to investigate alleged abuses by federal agents, it's unclear what the decree has accomplished or what more needs to be done to enforce it.

Casi seis meses después de que Johnson ordenara a la Policía de Chicago investigar supuestos abusos por agentes federales de inmigración, no está claro qué ha logrado el decreto ni qué más debe hacerse para hacerlo cumplir.

New guidelines call for cops to use their body-worn cameras to record incidents involving immigration officers, and to identify the names of top federal agents present on a scene.

Las nuevas pautas exigen que los policías usen sus cámaras corporales para grabar incidentes que involucren a agentes de inmigración y para identificar

A potential, first-in-a-generation rewrite of Chicago's renters' rights ordinance boils down to two different plans sure to impact the city's 600,000-plus renters.

Performer Al Scorch, who's gone viral with his social media reviews of Chicago Park District bathrooms, has a new project reciting Chicago's municipal code line by line.