For better or worse, Chicago retains the same hyperlocal, ward service-driven, charterless City Council that it has had since the 19th century. Is it time to rethink the approach?

Support has diminished in Chicago’s City Council for an ordinance requiring certain businesses to install security cameras.

The faces of Chicago’s City Council are changing. Around a quarter of Chicago’s 50 wards will see new representation following an unusually large number of aldermanic retirements and resignations.

With the endorsement of the City Council’s License and Consumer Protection Committee, the measure is set for a final vote by ...

The ordinance would grant Chicago's top cop with the power to enforce a curfew anywhere, at any time, with a 30 minute notice ...

Chicago City Council members gathered Monday for a special meeting on voting in a new alderman for the 35th Ward. Mayor Brandon Johnson picked Anthony Quezada to represent the 35th Ward. ABC7 ...

Aldermen Felix Cardona Jr. and Gilbert Villegas previously backed the right of first refusal ordinance, but now say it’s ...

The city council has called time on an ordinance that would make it easier to ban short-term rentals in particular precincts.

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to extend protection status to a historic Catholic parish in the city, handing a ...