Aldermen call for hearing into Chicago police response to ICE demonstration
Aldermen will hold a hearing “to examine the extent of ICE’s misconduct and determine whether the Chicago Police Department played any role in (Wednesday's) actions."
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Chicago aldermen and protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions
In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday.
Mayor Brandon Johnson ‘hopeful’ on Springfield transit deal before CTA fiscal cliff
Mayor Brandon Johnson again argued the "resources are there" to bail out the CTA while acknowledging time is running out for state legislators to act.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s photographer fired after allegedly bringing gun on city property
Terence Crayton was found to have violated City Hall policy by bringing a gun “on to City of Chicago property and in a City of Chicago vehicle” in April, according...
Mayor Brandon Johnson urges ‘expediency’ in addressing CTA fiscal cliff
Mayor Brandon Johnson again called for Chicago area transit to receive an “equitable distribution and fair share of resources” from the state.
‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring
The practice of powerful officials hiring from within their own ethnic group is a tried-and-true tradition in the bare-knuckle arena of Chicago politics.
Arrests happening inside Chicago’s immigration court, attorneys say: ‘People are going to be afraid’
Federal agents appeared to have arrested multiple people inside Chicago’s immigration court on Wednesday, lawyers told the Tribune.
Ethics board cites 7 aldermen for being late filing their annual financial interest forms
One Chicago alderman, Lamont Robinson, 4th, faces a $250 fine, while six others were called out but not fined for blowing past the May 1 deadline.
As Chicago Bears pivot to Arlington Heights, Mayor Brandon Johnson says ‘I’ve done my part’
Asked whether he would be open to any deal allowing the Chicago Bears to break their Soldier Field lease, Mayor Brandon Johnson said “it hasn’t come up.”
Justice Department investigating Mayor Brandon Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring
Mayor Brandon Johnson received a letter from an assistant attorney general saying there is "reasonable cause" to believe he “made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race."