Manuel Galvan

Adlai Stevenson, renewing his charges that the state is in financial trouble, said Friday that Gov. James Thompson`s Build Illinois program is falling apart. Stevenson, the independent candidate for governor,...

Mayor Harold Washington`s supporters Thursday vowed a three-front attack on the petitions seeking a referendum for a nonpartisan mayoral election and on a controversial Chicago Board of Election Commissioners` decision...

A package of ordinances proposed Wednesday would restrict high-rise development and new tavern and nightspot openings in an area of Lincoln Park that some residents believe has been overrun by...

Mayor Harold Washington Tuesday warned owners of the Chicago White Sox not to plan on taking the city`s name with them if they move the team to a new stadium...

There were no political fireworks, but plenty of politicians. Dozens of candidates hit the streets Friday in 4th of July parades to smile, wave and hope the crowds remember them...

In the first full day of the renewed 26th Ward aldermanic campaign Friday, Manuel Torres accused Mayor Harold Washington of using city workers to campaign for his opponent in the...

Mayor Harold Washington announced Tuesday his appointment of three Hispanics, including two women, to posts in the city purchasing department during a tour of the largely Mexican Little Village neighborhood...

Faced with a potential $150 million deficit in the city`s 1986 budget and continued recalcitrance in the Chicago City Council, Mayor Harold Washington`s administration Tuesday threatened to lay off more...

Ald. Anthony Laurino (39th), the new dean of the Chicago City Council, recalls the advice his predecessor, Ald. Vito Marzullo (25th), gave him on his first day in the council...

An 18-year-old man, described by police as a street gang member, has been charged with attempted murder after witnesses identified him as the assailant who fired gunshots over the weekend...