Ann Marie Lipinski

Chicago`s lights were back on by nightfall Tuesday after a short circuit at a Commonwealth Edison Co. substation caused one of the worst power outages in the city`s history. The...

Seeking to prevent ''appeals to bigotry and bias'' that marred the city`s 1983 mayor`s campaign and saddled Chicago with a national reputation for race politics, a self-appointed watchdog group Wednesday...

A steady stream of blue city tow trucks moved in and out of Lincoln Park Tuesday removing the last of some of the 1,614 abandoned autos and trucks towed to...

Enactment of the city`s controversial new tenants` rights ordinance was delayed for 10 days Tuesday when a federal judge ordered hearings in a suit filed by Chicago-area real estate leaders...

The Chicago Plan Commission Thursday took steps to stop lakefront erosion on the Far North Side and recommended rejection of a controversial plan to build a 12-story parking garage and...

The Washington administration Thursday heightened the stakes in its budget battle with the Chicago City Council by issuing the first of an expected series of doomsday warnings that would result...

The tax on aviation fuel--the carrot Mayor Harold Washington`s administration used to muster the votes to gain committee approval of a record $79.9 million property tax increase--faces challenges from the...

''It`s our house,'' proclaimed Walter Netsch. And with that, the Chicago Park District board president left no doubt that he and his guests would watch Saturday`s Bears game from two...

First it was insurance. Then it was beer. Now the Chicago Park District and the Bears have found a new arena for dispute, an arena shared with 24 disadvantaged area...

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the records of the 47th Ward Regular Democratic Organization, chaired by former Chicago Park District Supt. Edmund Kelly, as part of an investigation into...