Chicago City Council

Since Alderman Joe Moore is now the mayor's supporter, who is going to be the next Joe Moore?

Chicago's failure to repair a crumbling downtown viaduct -- despite a "task order" generated by a call to 311 -- will cost taxpayers $450,000. The ...

Chicago dog lovers who want to enjoy the city's vibrant restaurant scene without leaving Fido behind could be in luck as the City Council prepares to ...

Before a proposal to create a Chicago Infrastructure Trust passed Tuesday, debate hinged on one question that critics say is still unanswered: whether...

Updated Story Chicago's City Council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust ordinance in a 41-7 vote Tuesday, a measure that ha...

Today, I'll vote yes for the Infrastructure Trust Ordinance because I'm confident that it will prove to be an essential positive for our city. Putting my head in the sand, while our great city crumbles around us is not something I'm willing to do.

Despite many questions and aldermanic reservations, the Chicago speed camera ordinance passed out of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety We...

As the Chicago City Council's traffic committee prepares to vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera plan Wednesday, some alderman have begun to ques...

Rahm Emanuel's speed camera plan is expected to be considered Wednesday by Chicago's City Council -- an anticipated vote that arrives amidst a cloud o...

Don't blink. Or you may miss Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera ordinance whizzing through the city council. According to 32nd Ward Alderman Scot...

Both Dorothy Brown and Rick Munoz are charismatic. Dorothy represents the past and Rick represents a better, more positive future. A vote for Munoz, will empower not only Latinos but all of us.

If one Chicago alderman gets his way, city employers will no longer be able to discriminate against unemployed job applicants. The proposal, from ...

Unless Chicagoans give a damn, we will never have the votes at the ballot box or in the city council to end the endemic cultural of corruption which has plagued this city since the first public corruption convictions in 1869.

Four of Chicago's most influential aldermen on Wednesday introduced a resolution that, if approved, could dramatically impact the ability of the publi...

CHICAGO -- Protesters will be flocking to Chicago for May's G-8 and NATO summits armed with smartphones, video cameras and links to social media sites...

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...

Recently the City Council voted to approve Mayor Emanuel's new protest ordinance. These restrictions are not only excessive, but they will also serve to prevent citizens from protesting and exercising their civil liberties.

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved two ordinances Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced to crack down on protests expected during t...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched, and led historic marches of thousands, through the streets of city after city. Mayor Emanuel's proposed changes to the ordinances governing our right to protest fly in the face of Dr. King's legacy.

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...

Every decade Chicago's 50 aldermen redraw the fifty wards that make up our city. For the last two weeks, this remap process has been extremely time-consuming, divisive and painful for a few of my colleagues.

Though Chicago aldermen set out Thursday evening to approve a ward remap that increases Hispanic representation on the City Council, they ultimately f...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel scored a major victory Wednesday afternoon as his first city budget was passed unanimously by the City Council. All 50 ...

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.