Lee says he’s not at all surprised by the extraordinary pressure that he and the mayor have been under in the shark tank ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The year 2024 marked the first time in five years the city of Chicago saw fewer than 600 murders. Still, 573 people in the city were murdered, according to data released by police ...

CPD Superintendent Snelling and Mayor Johnson spoke about crime data in 2024 and safety efforts for NYE celebrations.

Chicago police issued a community alert Tuesday afternoon warning residents of the South Shore neighborhood about a female carjacker donning a red coat with a fur hood. Police said the carjacker ...

At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than 30,000 public employees, a politically powerful constituency. Today ...

One issue loomed in aldermen’s anxious speeches last week in the lead-up to a vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget for next year: 2026. Though the mayor ultimately eked out a 27-23 win on ...

Like the kid who discovers that his shiny new toy came without batteries or a warranty, Chicago soon will figure out, if it already hasn’t, that Mayor Brandon Johnson's big Christmas present is ...

CHICAGO – Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced a new round of appointments to the Chicago Board of Education. On Monday night, the mayor named Sean Harden as School Board President. Harden is the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget passed the City Council on Monday, but only by an extremely narrow margin. The final vote came in at 27-23 in favor of the proposal, capping off ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson picked 10 of 11 people Monday to round out the city’s new half-elected, half-appointed school board — including some who ran unsuccessfully in Chicago’s first school ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Seeking to get a budget deal done on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson has dropped plans to seek a $68.5 million property tax hike, sources have told CBS News Chicago, though it ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday announced that newly-appointed Chicago school board member Sean Harden has also been appointed the president of the board. "I am confident that ...