Gary Washburn

Looking at the heart of its historic financial district, the City of Chicago recognized it is in desperate need of a costly revival that municipal tax dollars can help jump-start....

Gov. Rod Blagojevich expressed enthusiasm Tuesday for a Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics and said the state would contribute money if called upon. "We're in the mix," Blagojevich said....

When Mayor Richard M. Daley geared up for his 1995 re-election campaign, he was not dependent on the Democratic ward organizations that rallied city workers for the political machine of...

Cook County commissioners on Tuesday declined to take any steps toward replacing ailing board President John Stroger and urged him to stick to the July deadline his family laid out...

After Mayor Richard Daley's announcement last week of a big public school construction program, Daley's voice went up an octave when a reporter asked him about a school that was...

A brother-in-law of Cook County Commissioner John Daley who has admitted to taking bribes to steer city business to a politically connected trucking firm was sentenced to 18 months in...

City Council members had a sharp message for Chicago Wednesday, including humans and canines: Pipe Down! Just ahead of Memorial Day and the unofficial start of the barbecue season, the...

Anger over the death of a 4-year-old girl spread from the North Side to City Hall Monday as police charged a 57-year-old North Side man who ran over her with...

In a move to crack down on school violence, Chicago aldermen have advanced a measure that calls for stiff fines and possibly jail time for anyone involved in violence at...

A city clerk took hundreds of dollars in bribes to speed up construction permits for favored projects, including a $200 payoff in January that was secretly videotaped by an FBI...