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Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on April 17, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson at one year in office: Former activist grapples with being the boss

May 13, 2024 at 6:12 a.m.

Many of Johnson's issues pivot on his jump from candidate to chief executive. His campaign caught fire because he vowed to fight the status quo. But to some, his administration...

Johnson to shift $80M in ARPA spending, restart guaranteed income program

April 30, 2024 at 12:01 a.m.

Some programs will see their American Rescue Plan Act funding scaled back or canceled so other initiatives better aligned with Johnson's vision can instead get the money.

An artist's rendering that shows a plan for an enclosed stadium with open space access to the lakefront was released by the Chicago Bears on April 24, 2024. (Manica)

True public cost of Bears stadium would be billions more over time

May 28, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

New borrowing for Chicago Bears stadium would swell to at least $4.8 billion, not even counting the initial $1.5 billion in infrastructure spending.

Monica Gordon, Cook County Commissioner in the 5th District, leaves the auditorium after speaking with Cook County Democrats who gathered to vet candidates seeking to fill the vacancy left open following the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, on Friday, April 26, 2024. Gordon was selected by Cook County Democrats from among a group of fifteen people to run on the ballot in Jan.’s special election. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon is the Democratic Party’s choice for county clerk

April 26, 2024 at 5:37 p.m.

Cook County Democrats Friday tapped county Commissioner Monica Gordon to replace the late county Clerk Karen Yarbrough on November’s ballot.

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough passes the microphone after speaking during a pre-slating event for the Democratic Party on June 16, 2023, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Cook County Democrats to choose Karen Yarbrough’s replacement

April 26, 2024 at 9:14 a.m.

Seventeen interested applicants sent their credentials to the party by the Wednesday deadline, including several county board members, a sitting state senator and the current clerk of Evanston.

Team President and CEO Kevin Warren, Karen Murphy, executive vice president of stadium development, Mayor Brandon Johnson, and Bears Chairman George McCaskey in front of a rendering after the Bears announced plans to build a new domed lakefront stadium on April 24, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

A skeptical Springfield awaits after Chicago Bears pitch stadium plan backed by mayor

April 26, 2024 at 10:14 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislative leaders slow to embrace public funding for new Bears stadium and lakefront improvement plan.

Then-Cook County Health CEO Israel Rocha speaks during a meeting with Cook County officials to discuss a COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan on Dec. 14, 2020. (Youngrae Kim / baiduhai)

Cook County Health Foundation expansion dropped amid spending questions

April 17, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

The report questioned how leadership of the Cook County Health Foundation spent nearly $80,000, entered into contracts and hired outside counsel.

The future Obama Presidential Center under construction in the 6000 block of South Stony Island Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Chicago. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Federal court delivers another victory to Obama Foundation in park group fight

April 10, 2024 at 4:55 p.m.

An appeals judge ruled against the parks advocacy group, which argued the agreement to lease a slice of Jackson Park to former President Barack Obama’s foundation violated the public trust.

Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough speaks after conducting the first official wedding ceremony of the year marrying Daniel Ferguson and Mandy Fila of Brookfield on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at the Clerk’s Office. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73

April 7, 2024 at 8:53 p.m.

Yarbrough garnered her biggest accolades for her House sponsorship of the ban on executions in Illinois, culminating in the passage of the legislation in January 2011.

Cook County state's attorney candidate Eileen O'Neill Burke speaks during an appearance on March 11, 2024, at the City Club. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Eileen O’Neill Burke: How she won and what it might mean for the office of Cook County’s top prosecutor going forward

April 7, 2024 at 11:09 a.m.

Should Eileen O’Neill Burke ultimately win, she would quickly face formulating her own reform agenda, making cases to tamp down Chicago’s persistent gun violence and running an office struggling with...

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