This episode of The Policy Shop is by writer Patrick Andriesen Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign pledge to end the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system has come to fruition. The city’s contract ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments Monday denouncing ShotSpotter ... He added, "[Johnson] doesn’t understand what this tool is. It’s a campaign issue and he doesn’t understand it. He’s trying ...

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The nine candidates hoping to be Chicago's next mayor met on a crowded debate stage Thursday night, a little more than a month before election day. The debate, hosted by local news studio ABC7 Chicago ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lost her bid for re-election after a campaign in which she came under fire over the city's high crime rate. She was the first black woman and the first openly gay ...

(Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune) State Rep. Patricia Bailey walks into the Leighton Criminal Court Building for her trial on charges of election fraud ... candidate for mayor — was sentenced ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has joined members of the Mayors Migration Council at the United Nations in New York.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- For 22 years, Mayor Richard M. Daley ran Chicago from his fifth-floor office in City Hall—always making sure Chicago was the proverbial "city that works." A new book ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that city’s deficit for 2025 will be close to $1 billion because of higher pension and labor costs. The city will need to fill an unexpected shortfall in ...

In the half-century since Mayor Richard J. Daley presided over Chicago’s notorious Democratic machine at the height of its power, nearly 40 aldermen from across the city have ended up behind bars.

Trustees told NBC Chicago that they are in contact with ... and previously ran against Henyard in the 2021 Dolton mayoral election. He replaces Lewis Lacey, who was serving as the department's ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has spent her first ... With weeks left until the presidential election, the longtime ward leader wants to take that mindset and use it towards getting Vice ...