Chicago Politics

As the deadline looms, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has called off Friday’s already delayed vote on the city’s 2025 budget proposal, which was set to take place at a City Council meeting.

Chicago alderpeople are set to vote Friday on the mayor’s 2025 budget proposal, which includes increased property taxes, as well as increased costs to park in a Chicago garage, buy a grocery checkout bag and use streaming services.

The decision by President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell sparked intense reaction Thursday.

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws will go into effect on New Year’s Day, and dozens could have a direct impact on your health and wellness in 2025.

As the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump promises sweeping changes to immigration enforcement tactics, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker responded to comments made by Trump’s appointed ‘border czar.”

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has implemented numerous changes in recent years, but two dramatic shifts are on the horizon.

The Chicago City Council took a key first step toward approving a 2025 budget on Tuesday, with multiple committees passing the proposal by narrow margins.

New Year’s Day is right around the corner, and in the state of Illinois that means new laws will go into effect, with nearly 300 hitting the books in 2025.

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds while he was in Congress, is seeking a pardon from President Joe Biden, citing the president’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses in 2013, while his then-wif...

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard won’t be the Democratic party’s nominee to run for reelection, and her attorney is blasting the process after Tuesday’s vote.

Illinois and Cook County’s minimum wage will soon go up once again.

In six weeks, former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel will move back to the city. Will he run for office or take on a national role with the Democratic Party?

As a Dec. 31 deadline looms for Chicago’s budget talks, aldermen got down to the nitty gritty in finding ways to address a billion-dollar budget gap.