Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to put city government veteran William Cheaks on the frontline of the struggle to move drivers, public transit riders and cyclists through Chicago’s streets as ...

For decades, Chicago mayors have fought uphill battles in the statehouse, but the efforts by some Democratic lawmakers to ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax may be dead in Chicago for now, but Springfield is right to try to keep it that way.

A Northwestern Prison Education Project graduate discusses Mayor Johnson's historic visit to an Illinois prison.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced several personnel changes in his administration, including a new deputy director ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson nominated Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed while naked during a botched 2019 Chicago ...

Emmanuel Andre is the new deputy mayor for community safety after Garien Gatewood was fired from the post last month. Mayor ...

Sheridan Gorman family is demanding accountability for the incident that killed the teenager.

CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandon Johnson, the 57th mayor of the City of Chicago, visited Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) on Thursday for a Lakeside Chat focused on civic ...

City Council progressives are among those expressing fresh gripes over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s move to make them cover pension costs for their part-time aides, the latest City Hall rift as ...

Adam Harrington is a digital producer at CBS Chicago, where he first arrived in January 2006. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson remembered the Rev. Jesse Jackson Wednesday as an indefatigable organizer ...