Chicago restaurants want city to repeal law phasing out tipped minimum wage
Some small businesses in Chicago said this new way of doing business is the final nail in the coffin for their American dream.
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Some small businesses in Chicago said this new way of doing business is the final nail in the coffin for their American dream.
The mayor wants to install his chief of staff as interim CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, but she doesn't hold a superintendent's license required by the school board.
Less than two months after the Chicago Board of Education unanimously approved a rule requiring the next CEO of the Chicago Public Schools to hold a superintendent's license, the board's president reportedly is trying to undo that requirement to allow the mayor's chief of staff to serve as the district's interim leader.
The plan would set up a city-owned nonprofit developer to oversee a $135 million fund to provide loans to developers to build environmentally friendly affordable housing.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to Springfield, Illinois, Wednesday morning to meet with Gov. JB Pritzker and other top state lawmakers about the budget.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to Springfield Wednesday to meet with Gov. JB Pritzker and other top state lawmakers about the budget.
The Chicago City Council is set to vote on a the new plan for a youth curfew this summer while Mayor Brandon Johnson heads to Springfield to address the city's budget.
Johnson also took aim at Emanuel's future plans, which involve signals that he might want to run for office again.
The mayor on Monday signed an executive order establishing a new working group tasked with fixing the city's finances.
A potential Chicago City Council showdown on how to address the issue of teen takeovers that sometimes turn violent was averted on Wednesday, after a downtown alderman said he's negotiating with the mayor's office on a compromise to overhaul the city's teen curfew law.
"Trying to force your will to break the spirit of working people in order to have a conversation? That's terrorism. We're not going to negotiate with terrorists," Johnson said on Tuesday.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of acting like a terrorist by threatening to strip away federal funding from sanctuary cities like Chicago.
President Trump said Thursday he is 'working on papers" to withhold federal funding to U.S. sanctuary cities, including Chicago.
In President Trump's latest move against sanctuary cities, he said places like Chicago could lose all of their federal funding.
Johnson wants early talks and open dialogue with other city leaders, but some members of the City Council said they've been sounding the same alarm for months.
Chicago's mayor is looking down the financial road and sounding an alarm of sorts for members of the City Council. From the city's own budget deficit, to instability on Wall Street and in Washington, it's setting up to be a challenging budget year for Mayor Brandon Johnson and City Council members.
With the unrest on Wall Street in the wake of President Trump's tariffs, and the uncertainty in Washington, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is sounding the alarm about next year's city budget.
Twice so far this year, large gatherings of teens in the Streeterville neighborhood have ended in gunfire.
An effort to push the curfew up two hours, to 8 p.m., for kids under 18 in downtown Chicago is getting new attention, after two large so-called teen takeovers in Streeterville earlier this year ended in gun violence.
Quezada, a Cook County Commissioner since 2022, previously spent six years as former Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa's constituent service director.
After nearly a year of tense negotiations, the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached a tentative deal on a new contract, and while it could avert a teachers' strike, nothing is signed and sealed just yet. The four-year deal will cost CPS $1.5 billion, but officials have yet to say how the district will pay for it.
CPS made it clear Friday morning that a tentative agreement had not yet been reached, but leadership from them and the Chicago Teachers Union bargained late into the night Thursday.
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is concerned about the move as it will impact those in vulnerable communities.
The agreement likely includes provisions for some, if not all, of the sticking points that have stunted negations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson released a statement Thursday night saying in part that the progress is encouraging, but "the rank-and-file educators, the bargaining committee, and the elected delegates will ultimately make the decision on whether or not this offer is suitable."
The friends ran track at DeKalb High School, with one of them going on to do the same at UIC.
Murakami added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
City officials say a vehicle heading northbound on Route 41 collided in the intersection with another vehicle traveling westbound on Park Avenue to southbound Route 41.
Chris Brady had six saves for Chicago and has six shutouts this season.
An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds following a large fight on Friday night, police said.
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced an expansion to the city's CARE Program, a specialized team that responds to mental health crises without police.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
The recall includes three lots of the seasoning products sold nationwide at Walmart and on the Blackstone website.
Cicero police said just before midnight, officers responded to a large group of people fighting in an alley in the 2500 block of South 58th Avenue. An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds, police said.
The nonprofit The Brotherhood for the Fallen held the 10-1 benefit on Saturday in memory of officer John Bartholomew and in honor of officer Nelson Crespo. All proceeds benefit their families.
Nearly 1,500 runners from more than 50 countries took part in the race with a course across steep stone steps, mountain roads, and rural villages.
Therapists and volunteers from Northwestern Medicine teamed up with the Go Baby Go program to create the special ride-on cars.
City officials say a vehicle heading northbound on Route 41 collided in the intersection with another vehicle traveling westbound on Park Avenue to southbound Route 41.
A burglary suspect was taken into custody after allegedly stealing a Cook County Sheriff's car on Saturday morning.
The friends ran track at DeKalb High School, with one of them going on to do the same at UIC.
Two women were shot during robbery in Chicago's West Loop early Saturday morning.
An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds following a large fight on Friday night, police said.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Murakami added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
Chris Brady had six saves for Chicago and has six shutouts this season.
Carson Kelly hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and drove in four runs as the Chicago Cubs stopped a five-game White Sox winning streak with a 10-5 victory over their crosstown rival.
Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Ian Happ hit a long home run and five Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a 2-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves that snapped a four-game losing streak.
A Davison Township police chief released body camera video showing how a senior "water wars" prank brought an officer within milliseconds of opening fire on a student.
A man was found shot to death Thursday morning in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
One man was killed and another was critically injured Thursday morning in a shooting in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A young man was shot and killed while getting into his car in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side Thursday morning.
A Chicago-area man who ran a business helping people apply for asylum and immigrant visas was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and child pornography.
