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 ...

The Chicago Marathon (1977) has been awarded the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the category of Competition, celebrating ...

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WAR ZONE: The battle between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez escalated Tuesday, with some community leaders taking sides.

Times, WBEZ and Chalkbeat asked every candidate for Chicago’s first elected school board a series of questions about their ...

Santa Monica Airport is holding a special open day to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight around the world ...

The mayor of Chicago is defending his spending choices as the city faces a budget deficit of nearly $1 billion in 2025. When ...

Good morning, Chicago. The Federal Reserve announced yesterday its first interest rate cut since the pandemic, a move real estate developers say could eventually help kick off the construction of new ...

CHICAGO - The acrimony between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council grows as he issues a rare veto on their ...

With the impending end of the ShotSpotter contract Sept. 22, the vote took place just hours after ShotSpotter cut its prices ...

Avoiding the thorniest topics around selective elective enrollment, magnet and charter schools is likely to go over well with ...

Chicago still has a commissioner of Cultural Affairs — in fact, the role has been expanded since the Weisberg days to include special events, such as big festivals. The post currently is occupied by ...