Mayor Emanuel To Face Chuy Garcia In Runoff Election
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will take on Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in a runoff election on April 7.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will take on Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in a runoff election on April 7.
The campaigning is over, it's decision day, and the polls are open. Voters now have a chance to choose whether they want Mayor Rahm Emanuel to stay in office, and who they want to represent their ward on the City Council.
Chicago's mayoral candidates were entering the final hours of campaigning on Monday. Voters will cast their ballots on Tuesday, so candidates were doing everything they can Monday to garner votes.
Three of the men who want to be the next mayor of Chicago made a case today for why they should get Chicagoans' votes on this final weekend before Election Day, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports while the mayor is sprinting for the magic number of 50 plus one needed to avoid a runoff election, one of his challengers appears to be separating himself from the others.
With their final debate over and done with, Mayor Emanuel's opponents are charting the next steps in their efforts to unseat him, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
WBBM's Craig Delilmore reports this debate focused largely on issues affecting the African American community and Mayor Emanuel more than once referred to President Barack Obama's expected visit to designate part of the far South Side's Pullman community as a national park.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his challengers addressed the city's budget and crippling pension debt in their second formal debate on Friday, and the mayor left the door open just a tiny bit on a possible property tax hike.
The candidates for mayor squared off in the first of five debates on Tuesday, when they met with the Chicago Tribune editorial board.
A new poll shows Mayor Rahm Emanuel holding a solid, but not comfortable, lead over his nearest competitor in next month's election.
Cash-strapped mayoral hopeful William "Dock" Walls says his campaign is going strong, and getting stronger in race pitting four challengers against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepared to outline his economic development agenda for a possible second term in office, his challengers were lining up to criticize his record during his first term.
The nation's largest red light camera program, which has been discredited as being more about revenue than safety, came under heavy fire Saturday at a candidates' forum on the West Side.
Seven more challengers got in before Monday's 5 p.m. filing deadline. They joined two others who filed when Emanuel did last week, when the period opened.
This week, Ashley Walls was working in the slums of Florianopolis and suddenly became ill and died from an undisclosed illness. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
The mayoral debates so far seem to have drawn a collective yawn from many Chicago voters.
At a forum to discuss making public schools healthier on Friday, the candidates for mayor touched on a number of other issues facing Chicago Public Schools, as well as the race for mayor itself.
When Rahm Emanuel and Gery Chico took a pass on a mayoral forum Saturday at a Chatham church, fellow candidates Carol Moseley Braun and Miguel del Valle took notice.
One of the lesser-known candidates for Mayor has come up with one novel way to bypass some of the City's problems with its parking meter privatization.
A group of candidates -- three for Chicago mayor, one for clerk and one for alderman -- filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming the requirement of 12,500 petition signatures to get on the ballot is unconstitutional.
When Chicago voters cast their ballots for mayor in February, the first name they'll see on their ballots will be Danny Davis.
Six of the 20 candidates for mayor of Chicago can be found in one place Wednesday afternoon.
Fifteen separate challenges have been filed against Rahm Emanuel's candidacy for mayor. Opponents claim he hasn't been a Chicago resident for a full-year before the February election, as required by law.
Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel is being hit with yet another residency challenge.
In a CBS News Chicago exclusive, Willie Wilson said he is making another run for mayor in 2027, becoming the 10th candidate to enter the race.
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that Wisconsin's paper-only absentee ballot system denies disabled voters the equal opportunity to vote privately and independently, though a trial on electronic voting as a remedy is still ahead.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
Mosquitos in Riverwoods, Illinois, have tested positive for West Nile virus for the first time this year.
Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law new Illinois legislation protecting domestic violence victims from courthouse intimidation.
In a CBS News Chicago exclusive, Willie Wilson said he is making another run for mayor in 2027, becoming the 10th candidate to enter the race.
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that Wisconsin's paper-only absentee ballot system denies disabled voters the equal opportunity to vote privately and independently, though a trial on electronic voting as a remedy is still ahead.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
Former state health official Abdul El-Sayed faced Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan in a closely watched contest that represented the latest test of the party's divisions.
Nine people and counting have now announced campaigns for mayor of Chicago for 2027, and the first was Chicago business owner and former mathematics teacher Joe Holberg.
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.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
The Old Town Pour House isn't in its namesake neighborhood anymore, but it's returning to the central area of Chicago — specifically in the Loop.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, narrowly defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.
A 21-year-old flight instructor made an emergency landing on a Florida highway after reporting oil pressure issues to air traffic control. Instructor Emily Shelton was flying with a student on his first-ever lesson.
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was taken to a hospital after viewers called police during a livestream showing"acts of self-harm" on social media.
Willie Wilson is making another run for mayor in 2027, becoming the 10th candidate to enter the race.
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding that the state fulfill a promise to chip in the money. Lauren Victory reports.
A man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two teens on the Far South Side of Chicago in 2024 and 2025.
Chicago Public Schools teachers are expected back in their buildings in less than two weeks, and people are asking Mayor Brandon Johnson what he is going to do to ensure the district can make payroll.
A teacher and father in northwest suburban Algonquin is on a long road to recovery after a tree fell on him as he was attempting to cut it down.
A 61-year-old Chicago nurse has filed a lawsuit against two private security companies, after she said she was seriously hurt by a fare dodger at a CTA station on her way to work last year.
In a CBS News Chicago exclusive, Willie Wilson said he is making another run for mayor in 2027, becoming the 10th candidate to enter the race.
A South Holland woman said she was left high and dry after paying thousands of dollars to have her swimming pool fixed, only for the contractor to vanish.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
The Chicago Cubs spoiled Tarik Skubal's debut with the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, posting a 5-1 victory behind key RBI singles by Nico Hoerner and Pete Crow-Armstrong.
The Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 14-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Standout right tackle Darnell Wright has agreed to lucrative contract extension with the Chicago Bears.
The Chicago Bears held their second straight padded practice Tuesday with multiple periods of live tackling as they focused in on defense.
Seiya Suzuki, Carson Kelly and Kevin Alcántara each hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Los Angeles Dodgers their fourth consecutive loss with a 10-5 victory.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with stabbing a man during a fight in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood this past weekend.
An Illinois State Police trooper who has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a bartender in southwest suburban Tinley Park will remain behind bars as he awaits trial.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
