Dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day started with a simple idea hatched by two influential friends in the ...

The fur ban ordinance was an effort to fight animal cruelty, but opponents say it would have closed historic Chicago ...

Find yourself the least popular politician in state history and need to pay for clout? Pass an $830 million bond deal with no payments on the principal for 20 years.

Many Chicagoans were anxious when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted an invitation to testify Wednesday before U.S. Congress on the city’s sanctuary policy.

The Riverdale store was frequently singled out for selling many of the guns that wound up in crimes in Chicago.

Johnson became the first mayor since Richard M. Daley to testify before Congress when he, along with the mayors from New York ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a forceful defense of Chicago’s history as a haven for immigrants during his opening statement before a Republican-led congressional hearing.

Mayor Brandon Johnson was in the hot seat in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, testifying before a congressional committee on ...

Republicans attempted to lock the mayor into answers as the fate of the city’s federal funding hangs in the balance and an ...

The ban would not outlaw leather, cowhide or deerskin products. It also makes exceptions for the sale of secondhand fur ...

This is the first time a sitting Chicago mayor has testified before Congress since Richard M. Daley. Johnson will be joined by New York Mayor Eric Adams, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Denver Mayor Mike ...

The policy that prevents city officials (including police officers) from cooperating with federal immigration authorities has ...