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Some significant changes are in store for the Chicago City Council after Tuesday's election. Five brand new aldermen already have been elected to the council and fourteen other seats were up for grabs in runoff elections in April.
On his first full day as mayor-elect of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that he would not consider a property tax hike to address the city's underfunded pension systems.
As many as 10 sitting Chicago aldermen appear headed into one-on-one runoff elections in April and four more open aldermanic races are headed towards runoffs between the top two contenders.
The races for aldermanic seats may not be making big headlines, but they will likely be the factor that will keep the turnout higher Tuesday than it might otherwise be.
Chicagoans aren't just voting for a new mayor. Many of them will be selecting new aldermen on Tuesday.
While the mayoral race has dominated the headlines, voters a week from Tuesday will also be casting their ballots in several hotly-contested aldermanic races.
Hot food trucks, where food is prepared in the vehicle and sold on the street, are becoming an increasingly popular option, but an ordinance to allow them on the streets of Chicago has been placed on the back burner.
Aldermen in west suburban Batavia will reopen discussion on whether raising backyard chickens for fresh eggs should be a permitted use within the town's limits.
The alderman, who represents the Lincoln Square neighborhood, reportedly has his eye on a new job: county tax reviewer.
The Bears great is among a growing number, including Chicago City Council members, who support safeguards that protect athletes.
Athletes playing for Chicago schools who show signs of a concussion will be prohibited from practicing or playing until they are given the OK by a medical professional, under a new ordinance passed by the City Council on Thursday.
A crackdown on allowing student athletes with concussions to go on playing sports is expected to get the green light at a City Council meeting today.
If the City Council approves, three new Chicago aldermen will take their seats in the chamber today.
Chicago public and private school student-athletes who exhibit "signs, symptoms or behaviors" tied to concussion would be yanked off the field and barred from returning without written medical clearance, under a crackdown advanced Wednesday.
Mayor Daley on Wednesday appointed three new aldermen to the City Council.
The stage is set for a confrontation over Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis' upcoming plan to reallocate police resources from lower-crime districts to those that need more officers.
Mayor Richard M. Daley is taking a closer look at 16 people who hope to fill three vacant slots in the City Council for the rest of the term.
Two Chicago Aldermen on Wednesday called for hearings into why the city has not been enforcing an environmental ordinance designed to limit the time buses and trucks sit idling.
They are fences that send 7,000-volt jolts every 1.3 seconds. The Chicago City Council is looking at a plan that would let businesses install the non-lethal security devices.
The city council in west suburban Naperville voted 7-2 to reduce the authorized number of sworn personnel in the police department.
After more than two hours of debate, the Chicago City Council approved Mayor Daley's final City budget.
Despite opposition from Mayor Daley's office, Chicago aldermen are moving ahead with a plan to use up to $100 million in tax dollars a year to provide more affordable housing in troubled areas of the city.
While most of the attention in the upcoming municipal elections has been focused on the Chicago mayor's race, some real battles are shaping up on the City Council too.
Two key city council members want schools to pull athletes out of play if they show signs of concussion head injury.
Critics say the aldermen are putting off hard choices until after the 2011 election, leaving those up to a new mayor.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
After the parade, the community resource fair provided an opportunity for job seekers.
Initial reports say the crash involved two boats and at least one of them may have flipped over.
The ages of the victims range from 5 to 46, according to Chicago police.
The unknown woman pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the victim in the arm before fleeing the scene, Chicago police said.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission voted on Thursday to publish a report outlining details of the investigation that led to state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Chicago) to resign his post earlier this month.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
Village officials are recommending residents boil all water for a minimum of five minutes before consuming. Officials said the water is safe to use to shower and wash hands.
The free event also featured skateboarding lessons, food trucks, and hula-hooping for all ages.
Chicago police said a 37-year-old man was sitting inside his vehicle when an unknown man approached, pulled out a gun and fired gunshots toward the victim.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
CPD said a black sports-utility vehicle pulled up into a parking lot and someone inside fired shots at a large group in the 1000 block of West 14th Street.
A 5-year-old boy and a man were injured during a drive-by shooting on Chicago's Near West Side overnight.
Initial reports say the crash involved two boats and at least one of them may have flipped over.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
After the parade, the community resource fair provided an opportunity for job seekers.
Authorities are investigating the "suspicious deaths" of two adults and six children following a house fire Friday morning in Grand Haven Township, Michigan.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Christian Walker hit a three-run double, Cam Smith added a two-run homer in Houston's eight-run sixth inning and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Friday night.
WNBA All-Star weekend festivities continue. Chicago is the center of the women's basketball universe and fan interest has grown for this event.
The Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
Kane said he feels strong three years after undergoing a major hip resurfacing surgery and rehabbing his way back for three solid seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Romo was pulled over around 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A man was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting on Thursday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
A man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a car on Thursday evening on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
