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Want a real bike grid (and other nice things)? Then let's demand a city charter.

As another alder's seat may pass from father to son, we look at other familial relations in Chicago's City Council.

Faced with yearslong polarization, the city turned to a Civic Assembly where residents forged common ground in two weekends.

A judge ruled five years ago in favor of 8,500 current and former Chicago Police Department employees. As the case has lingered, interest on the debt has ballooned while the city disputes how much it ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson wants school board members to overturn a vote they took less than two months ago to install a favorite as Chicago Public Schools CEO.

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The museum, in the works since the late '90s, will open in the last remaining building from the Chicago Housing Authority's Jane Addams Homes.

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The Council did approve millions in lawsuit settlements, a crackdown on illegal curbside sales of unregistered cars, rezoning for a massive development around the United Center and an expansion of the...

The once-dingy lane in Middlesbrough, Teesside, is now a haven of hanging baskets, trellises and trees with apples and pears.