1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

Northbrook’s village president, Kathryn Ciesla and three trustees on her slate won the April 1 election, per unofficial ...

The real estate trade group’s political action committee spent $76,000 on Illinois municipal races where candidates lost.

Voter turnout in this past Tuesday’s election was largely contingent on tax hike proposals and the contentiousness of the ...

Mayor-elect Jim Tinaglia inherits a stadium flirtation that seemingly has shifted back in favor of Arlington Heights over ...

The final days of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s term appear to be unfolding with less acrimony than the controversies that ...

Chicago Teachers Union members have begun voting on a labor contract that would raise their average salary to more than ...

Chicago City Council members gathered Monday for a special meeting to vote in a new alderperson to represent the 35th Ward.

Both Mayor Tiffany Henyard and her ally trustee Andrew Holmes were no-shows at Henyard's last Dolton Village Board meeting ...

House then swept the April 1 election with 95% of the vote over ... clashed after Dolton trustees voted to reinstate former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to investigate Henyard.

MORE TRUMP CUTS: The National Endowment for the Humanities has canceled an annual $2 million grant to Illinois Humanities ...

After bankrolling Mayor Brandon Johnson’s way into office, the Chicago Teachers Union went into contract negotiations ...