Interim CTA President Nora Leerhsen on Wednesday faced questions from members of the Chicago City Council who are seeking to ...

Debate centered on the city’s financial concerns, including a high debt load and millions of dollars in unpaid property taxes ...

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It doesn’t instill confidence that Mayor Brandon Johnson himself had to walk back his CFO’s statement that a property tax ...

Illinois online sports betting operators could be facing another per-bet tax if the Chicago City Council acts on a suggestion ...

A City Council committee is discussing a new effort to stop smoking on the CTA. Ald. Bill Conway (34th) has introduced a ...

Ald. Walter Burnett’s resignation from the City Council will be official on Thursday, according to a letter he sent to Mayor ...

Johnson should have been “more proactive in meeting the moment we knew was coming” when $1.9 billion in federal pandemic ...

The debate over intoxicating hemp and its place amid the burgeoning legal cannabis market is set to make a return to the ...

Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday pointed to a handful of tax-the-rich options he might consider to balance Chicago’s next ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The so-called "granny flats" proposal was tabled during a full Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday. It ...