The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon ...

Aldermen voted 27 to 22 last month to pass the curfew measure. But Mayor Brandon Johnson quickly vetoed it, calling it “counterproductive” to addressing crime.

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through data, community investment, and strategic prevention—not just ...

The City Council needs 34 votes to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of an ordinance that would allow the police to enact ...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Wednesday she’ll give up her statewide office as she considers her “next biggest ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson will officially present his veto of a curfew ordinance at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has vetoed a controversial ‘snap’ curfew ordinance, which would have given CPD Supt. Larry ...

From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...

The measure would have given CPD more control to prevent teen gatherings in downtown business and tourist districts.

Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the ...

Johnson turned to Burnett last summer only after the post had been vacant for 10 months following Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, ...