Chicago Aldermen

The Chicago Tribune on Monday unveiled a nifty app reporting the salaries of Chicago City Council members since 2008 -- and the results show that many...

Rival City Council factions have reached agreement on a new ward map that includes 18 majority black wards, 13 majority Hispanic wards and two Hispani...

The Chicago City Council has tended to suffer from a rather poor reputation. With that in mind, it seems appropriate for Chicagoans to put forth a modest proposal for reforming our city government.

The Chicago City Council failed on Thursday, after weeks of increasingly tense meetings, to arrive at a city ward remap plan that was able to gain the...

A working class backlash against Occupy would be ruinous for the movement and for the country. An entire generation of Reagan Democrats was created by the Anti-Vietnam War movement, which often went too far.

From the very beginning this budget process has been transparent, inclusive and reasonable and the mayor deserves a lot of credit for doing the majority of what he said he would during the campaign.

When you hear "Chicago Ward Committeeman" what do you think? Before I was in the game, it conjured the good old images of the smoky room, all men, all self-aggrandizers, all smoking large cigars.

Alderman John Arena (45th ward) may have been given the nickname "landslide" by Ald. Ed Burke (22nd), but on Thursday he may have earned himself a new...

The method by which the city of Chicago collects garbage seems like the most esoteric of municipal concerns. But the debate over the possible shift to...

The tab to Chicago taxpayers for providing a Chicago Police Department bodyguard detail to Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th)? Almost $600,000 per year. T...

Newly sworn-in Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a deal with aldermen last week that he said would bring much-needed reform and efficiency to the Chicago C...

Chicago aldermen gave retiring Mayor Richard Daley a standing ovation at his last City Council meeting. Aldermen presented a resolution honoring ...

Black aldermen on Monday accused Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel of shortchanging African-American voters who put him in office after the mayor-elect chose w...

Stay tuned to this live blog throughout the day for coverage of the Chicago aldermanic runoffs, as voters in 14 of the city's 50 wards decide the futu...

By Andrew Davis, courtesy of the Windy City Times The food was hot--but the atmosphere at a March 30 LGBT event hosted by 25th Ward Ald. Daniel S...

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has repeatedly said that when he takes over, nothing is off limits when it comes to budget and ethics reform in Chicago. But ...

A new study by the political science department at the University of Illinois-Chicago explores the depths of rubber-stamping performed by the City Cou...

Just weeks after electing a new mayor, some Chicagoans will return to the polls Monday to decide runoff races for aldermen in 14 wards. The majority ...

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and some newly-elected aldermen say they are prepared to overhaul and rein in the city's Tax Increment Financing system, whic...

It was no secret that Rahm Emanuel had plenty of money to put toward his bid for mayor. Even after spending a reported $11 million on the campaign its...

Republicans could double their numbers on the Chicago City Council in April, and GOP State Party Chair Pat Brady says he'll help. The runoff electi...

Rahm Emanuel's fundraising machinery in the Chicago mayoral race was a force of nature. By the day before the election, the Illinois Campaign for Poli...

Ameya Pawar will become the first Indian-American to become a Chicago alderman, having been outmanned, outspent, and running against the incumbent alderman's handpicked successor.

The results from Tuesday's municipal elections in Chicago are in. Some of them are starkly clear; others won't be determined for another six weeks. ...

The City Council was sure to see some serious upheaval this election cycle, and the competitiveness of the fights for alderman is showing in tonight...