A tragedy on Lake Michigan claimed the life of a Chicago hairstylist last month. Zahrie Walls was not wearing a life jacket when she fell off a boat at the Playpen and died. Now a proposed city ...

Illinois legalized video gambling in 2009, but many local governments still have active bans. According to the Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The so-called "granny flats" proposal was tabled during a full Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday. It ...

As the tech industry moves increasingly into alignment with the far right, the issue of worker power has never been more ...

The Council fell six votes shy of overriding Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing the Chicago police superintendent to ...

The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice ...

Chicago aldermen have failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a curfew ordinance. The measure would have allowed ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson officially vetoed a controversial curfew ordinance during Wednesday's City Council ...

The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of the measure that would have allowed police to impose a youth ...

Chicago alders tried and failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a measure that would have given Chicago Police ...

Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over ...