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Ald. Leslie Hairston, 5th, at the Chicago Plan Commission on May 17, 2018. She's leading challenger and activist William Calloway by 176 votes.

New City Council takes shape as election board wraps up vote tallying in close elections in 5th, 33rd and 46th wards

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

The City Council that will greet Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot is coming into focus, and it looks like the left wing will get a little louder as a Northwest Side ward...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson talk about Cook County prosecutors' decision to drop charges against Jussie Smollett on March 26, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says independent review of Jussie Smollett case will bring clarity: ‘There are more questions than there are answers.’

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx should not step down over her handling of the Jussie Smollett investigation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel reiterated Wednesday, but he said it's good there's an...

A bicyclist pedals east on West Cortland Street near Lincoln Yards in Chicago on April 8, 2019.

Lawsuit seeks to block use of up to $1.3 billion in public money on Lincoln Yards project

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

Painting the controversial Lincoln Yards property tax subsidy as the most egregious example of the city using public money to bolster wealthy developers at the expense of resource-starved minority neighborhoods,...

Watchdog: Chicago firefighter fired for sexually harassing college student on ride-along

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

A Chicago firefighter was fired after a City Colleges student said he touched her inappropriately and harassed her while she was at a firehouse for a ride-along as part of...

People opposed to the Lincoln Yards development protest in Chicago on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The City Council has approved up to $1.3 billion in TIF money for infrastructure work in and around the project.

Community groups to sue over Lincoln Yards tax subsidy

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

Community groups opposed to a tax subsidy tied to the Lincoln Yards development will sue the city to try to stop the deal, they announced Tuesday. The Grassroots Collaborative and...

During her campaign, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot used opponents' connections to Ald. Edward Burke as a cudgel against them.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot donates money she got from developer charged in alleged scheme tied to Ald. Edward Burke

May 15, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot has donated $500 to an anti-corruption organization after her campaign received the same amount from a developer indicted last week on federal charges alleging he steered legal...

Ald. Edward Burke, then-chairman of the Finance Committee, presides over the committee at Chicago City Hall on Dec. 10, 2018.

Already facing federal charges, Ald. Edward Burke thrust into spotlight of another bribery indictment

May 23, 2019 at 1:58 a.m.

When real estate developer Charles Cui needed help at City Hall for his project in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, he knew exactly where to go — and it wasn't to...

Finance Committee Chairman Ald. Patrick O'Connor appears at Chicago City Hall on April 10, 2019. The City Council Finance Committee voted to approve a total of up to $2.4 billion in tax-increment financing for the Lincoln Yards and The 78 projects.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot puts clout on the line as City Council approves Lincoln Yards, The 78 deals after developer concessions

May 15, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.

Less than a week after a resounding election win, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot put her newfound clout on the line Wednesday and stepped into a political maelstrom in the process by...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivers his infrastructure address at the Chicagoland Laborers' Training Center on Feb. 9, 2017.

City workers in 2 labor unions would be eligible for $30K in home-buying help in plan before council

May 15, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.

City employees who belong to two unions that have been allies of outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel would get to avail themselves of city money to help them buy homes in...

A jogger runs west on West Cortland Street near the Lincoln Yards site in Chicago on April 8, 2019. The project is in line for up to $1.3 billion in public TIF money.

After calls from Mayor Emanuel, Mayor-elect Lightfoot, finance chair delays votes on Lincoln Yards, The 78 tax funding deals

May 15, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot flexed her new mayoral muscles Monday, getting her soon-to-be predecessor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen to hold off voting on $2 billion in controversial property tax subsidies for a...

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