When Maxwell Anderson strolled into his 9:30 a.m. human geography class on Thursday, the last thing he expected was to find ...

The Chicago City Council adjourned without taking up Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal on Friday. The goal appears to be getting rid of the $68.5 million property tax hike all together with a ...

A letter sent by an alderman to Illinois state authorities decries school board members alleged involvement in ongoing ...

Da'Karia Spicer was among family members in a Honda Accord when the vehicle was struck by a Mercedes traveling about 90 mph ...

Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. acquired a handful of Chicago homes from the estates of deceased clients when he was a solo law ...

The technicalities of placing a value on a piece of real estate and then determining how much its owners should be taxed are ...

Shrinking the pension advance therefore becomes more likely. He also will need to consider deeper cuts in City Hall ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has uncovered significant flaws in the property tax assessment system for ...

Clerk Monica Gordon announced yesterday that couples interested in tying the knot in 2025 can apply for the first marriage license of the year and to exchange vows on Jan. 2 at the annual First ...

Now, it’s back to the drawing board. "This meeting is recessed to Monday, December 16," the mayor proclaimed after the ...

The fire was on the third floor of the Cook County side of the building, which is located at 118 N. Clark St. downtown, CFD ...

Boxes caught fire in a storage room on the Cook County side of the building, and dozens of people had to wait outside for an hour before being let back into work. Sabrina Franza reports.