The Board of Education has had issues with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez for some time, WBEZ has learned, but are weighing a provision that would allow him to stay on for six months, even after termination.

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The rule puts teeth in an Emanuel-era ethics policy by empowering a board to suspend lobbyists who contribute to mayoral ...

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, ...

PLAYBOOK Q&A: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ... mentor to former Mayor Lori Lightfoot,” by the Tribune’s Rick Pearson. — BIG ...

Otherwise, down-ballot candidates are on their own to get their messages out — and that costs money. We’ll be watching to see how much their respective parties help out in the home stretch. Here are ...

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 ...