CHICAGO — As the departure of Ald. Walter Burnett leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson with the challenge of picking his third Zoning Committee chair, the City Council’s Black and Latino caucuses have ...

While the rest of the state is experiencing a redistricting for the first time this year, Tarrant County is going through the ...

Texas Democrats made good on a threat they’d been mulling since redistricting showed up on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session ...

The Chicago Board of Education is divided on a balanced budget that avoids Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to borrow and cover a ...

Chicago Chief Financial Officer raised eyebrows when she labeled opposition to progressive taxes as “the crime of the century ...

Walter Burnett, who represented parts of the West Side and the West Loop for 30 years on the Chicago City Council, retired ...

Instead of fighting over a shrinking resource pie, the city must grow that pie by promoting more business and population growth.

Chicago Public Schools is painting itself into a corner by attempting to cover the city’s $175 million pension bill.

Johnson’s administration and City Council allies had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance yesterday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over critics.

The Chicago City Council approved a $12.7 million payout to Jackie Wilson after he was allegedly tortured and framed for a shooting his brother committed.

The Aurora City Council has pushed back a vote to extend a 1% grocery tax that has been in place statewide for decades but is set to expire at the end of this year.