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Following earlier activity by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Rachel Cohen holds up a sign to warn people that ICE was outside Cook County Circuit Court's Domestic Violence Court in Chicago on Sept. 3, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson taps activist social media influencer as communications director

September 11, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson hired activist and social media influencer Rachel Cohen as his administration’s communication director, he announced Friday.

Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, right, smiles while listening to comments made during a meeting of the Lyons Township Board in Countryside on Sept. 8, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Lyons Township meeting gets rowdy following public release of video of two elected officials kissing in office

September 9, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.

Two Democratic township officials clashed over a video that captured one in an after-hours office kiss with a longtime suburban mayor, while the other denied helping spur interest in it.

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, gets frustrated with the answers to his questions from Bally’s Corp. representatives during a committee hearing at Chicago City Hall on Sept. 9, 2026, discussing Bally’s decision to stall construction on their River West casino. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Aldermen blast Bally’s for construction halt, while casino says City Council sparked pause

September 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

City Council members probed the company’s finances and grilled executives over the decision to pause building a hotel and nearly all other amenities at the site.

Surrounded by supporters of One Fair Wage, Ald. Mike Rodriguez, 22nd, speaks following a vote by the Workforce Development Committee to abolish the subminimum wage for tipped workers on Sept. 20, 2023. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Little Village Ald. Mike Rodriguez not running for reelection

September 9, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

Southwest Side Ald. Mike Rodriguez, a progressive fixture, announced Wednesday he will not seek a third term.

Chicagoans protesting against Amtrak moving a maintenance facility into their community attend a press conference across from Rate Field on Sept. 8, 2026. The Amtrak facility would be adjacent to the current White Sox stadium in a residential neighborhood, according to the proposed plan, and the stadium would move to a South Loop location on the Chicago River. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Residents and elected leaders protest proposal to move the Chicago White Sox

September 8, 2026 at 9:22 p.m.

Justin Ishbia unveiled a proposal called The Railyards, which involves putting a new White Sox ballpark on Amtrak’s current maintenance site near the Chicago River.

New Chicago police officers line up during their graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on March 31, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago mayoral candidates talking tough on crime despite steep drop in homicides

August 31, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Despite the clear-cut improvements during Johnson’s time in office, nearly every declared mayoral candidate said in interviews with the Tribune that he has done too little to address violence.

People walk past the United Center, where Democratic National Convention leadership arrived on May 12, 2026, to view the United Center as a possible location for the 2028 DNC. This week, Democratic Party officials announced that the convention won't return to Chicago next year. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

No Democratic National Convention repeat for Chicago in 2028

August 20, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

The Democratic National Committee announced early Thursday that it had narrowed its list of potential host cities for the party's 2028, presidential nominating convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia, eliminating...

A car stops at a security checkpoint before entering the construction site for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Aug. 7, 2026, in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared at a “Community Over Quantum” event at a Southeast Side school over the weekend. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson pressured by anti-data center activists at rally

August 17, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

Fresh off an executive order more strictly regulating the construction of data centers in Chicago, Johnson appeared at the "Community Over Quantum" event at a Southeast Side school.

Jane Ruby, president of the League of Women Voters of Chicago, stands next to window with signs against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations at a cafe in the 2300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 14, 2026. Ruby is a lead organizer in a campaign urging City Council members to take a pledge, agreeing not to accept campaign money from companies allegedly tied to federal immigration crackdowns. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘ICE Out’ pledge divides Chicago aldermen amid campaign finance reform push

August 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

An effort to get Chicago aldermen to reject campaign cash from 12 companies allegedly tied to President Donald Trump's federal immigration crackdowns has supporters calling it a show of solidarity...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to members of the media on June 16, 2026, at Chicago's City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago will make full $260 million advance pension payment this year, Mayor Johnson tells investors

August 13, 2026 at 6:59 p.m.

The mayor’s initial budget proposal last year recommended a smaller, $121 million, payment but aldermen argued that amount was insufficient for the city’s troubled pension funds.

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