After a court hearing Tuesday, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police said the city only wants arbitration hearings held publicly “to make it a circus." ...

Supporters of a "snap curfew' bill aimed at combatting so-called "teen takeovers" could bring the measure for a vote Wednesday.

The about-face came as an administrative judge found the city “failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence” that Gardiner was liable for the alleged violations.

L ast month, I wrote about a proposal for security bollards around Wrigley Field that was introduced in the Chicago City ...

After the ordinance’s April introduction, stalled hearings will likely delay a review process that already takes months.

The Finance Committee advanced an ordinance that provides $10 million in city funding for the $32.5 million cost to install ...

Wider sidewalks and new security bollards could soon come to Wrigley Field after aldermen advanced a ballpark security plan ...

A rare provision in Chicago’s zoning code may force aldermen to vote on a 615-unit development with 124 affordable apartments ...

A fiscal cliff and potential transit service reductions loom for Chicago and the suburbs as Illinois lawmakers determine what ...

The Chicago City Council, long derided as a mayoral puppet, is increasingly operating independent of the wishes of the ...

The rapid rate of such convictions, at least in the short term, surpasses even the notorious Chicago City Council ... (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) Former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo arrives ...

But Ward's lawyer found salvation in five words written on an old map. In 1836, the canal commissioners who platted the city had declared ... Ward told the Chicago Tribune, "Had I known in 1890 ...