The keys to City Hall are up for grabs on Nov. 4, when all 13 City Council seats and the mayor’s office are up for election.

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

Chicago’s public school teachers have overwhelmingly approved a four-year labor contract to raise their average salary to ...

Incumbent Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has admitted defeat to his challenger, Ald. John Laesch, in the Aurora mayoral election.

In west suburban Aurora, two-term Republican Mayor Richard Irvin is facing Democratic challenger John Laesch, an Aurora ...

A big focus here in Arlington Heights is a possible move by the Chicago Bears to a proposed new stadium the old Arlington ...

Consolidated elections are taking place across Illinois on Tuesday, with some of the state's biggest communities casting ...

Part 2: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sit down with 'America's Newsroom' co-anchor Bill Hemmer for their ...

Union leaders announced Monday that 97% of members who voted approved the deal, noted as historical levels of support.

It's Election Day in multiple Chicago suburbs, with major races in some parts of mayor, village president, plus ballot questions -- also known as referendums -- where results could have big impacts on ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- Arlington Heights architect and 12-year village Trustee Jim Tinaglia will become the town's ...