Mayor Johnson’s record-setting $1 billion TIF surplus highlights issues and abuse of Chicago’s Tax Increment Financing ...

It’s all on quicksand — the very quicksand that has us really up against it financially… when there is no help coming from ...

Chicago’s 2025 budget needed $345 million in fines, forfeitures and penalties. It was $99 million 30 years ago. What will the ...

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street. The immigration ...

Major League Baseball playoff ticket prices at American Family Field are steadily rising as Chicago natives have learned they'll only have to travel 90 miles to watch their Cubs play the Milwaukee ...

President Trump on Wednesday called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to be jailed as the two leaders push back on the Trump administration’s crime crackdown and ...

FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News there were “110,000 gang members” active in Chicago after a visit to the city on Tuesday. Newsweek contacted the FBI and Chicago Police Department for comment on ...

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(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he has had conversations with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislative leaders about "progressive revenue." The mayor spoke Tuesday at City ...

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Chicago was named the Best Big City in the United States by the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, marking the city's ninth year in a row of receiving the coveted award, the travel magazine ...