Gary Washburn

Art Chicago, the annual fine art exposition, was in turmoil Tuesday--just two days before its scheduled opening night--but its manager insisted the show would go on. Thomas Blackman, who has...

As federal authorities dig deep into City Hall hiring, Mayor Richard Daley's administration quietly has fired the official who was supposed to make sure hiring decisions were based on merit...

Chicago would crack down on parents and other adults who allow parties with underage drinking under an ordinance advanced Tuesday that calls for stiff fines and even possible jail time...

A controversial proposal to rename a stretch of West Monroe Street for slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton will not come up for a vote at next week's City Council...

Democratic leaders vowed Wednesday to help Cook County Board President John Stroger turn back a strong primary challenge, even as his doctor acknowledged a stroke will keep the three-term incumbent...

A neighborhood man who later told police he had been drinking breached security at Midway Airport, apparently walking off the street, through a checkpoint and onto the airfield, officials acknowledged...

Chicago grocery stores would have to put warning labels for mercury on cans of tuna and other seafood under a proposal made Wednesday by three aldermen. Citing a recent Tribune...

For almost two hours Friday, Mayor Richard Daley sat for a rare deposition, answering questions from lawyers representing a cousin who claims he was unfairly fired from a city job....

For the fourth time in three months, Mayor Daley laid out an array of Chicago delicacies Thursday in a friendly sports wager with the mayor of another U.S. city. As...

While Chicago officials have long dismissed expanding Midway Airport, the city has quietly gobbled up surrounding land--including parcels that could be used for a protection zone at the end of...