Chicago Politics

Surprise! The city's parking meter selloff continues to be the gift that keeps giving to -- or, more aptly, taking from -- Chicago taxpayers. The c...

A 40-year-old finance attorney has thrown his hat into the ring as a possible successor to indicted Illinois state representative Derrick Smith. La...

Although they sound a note of caution in celebrating the president's position on behalf of civil rights, they are more hopeful than they have ever been.

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

Mayor Rahm Emanuel testified before a state legislative panel Tuesday in Springfield, Ill., about Chicago's rising pension costs and urged for a serie...

Some of the country's biggest conservatives will descend upon President Barack Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago this summer -- including three of h...

Chicago aldermen on Tuesday are slated to consider increasing a tax on soda and other sugary beverages in the city. The resolution proposing a tax ...

A new website launched this week by the same folks who brought TabsOnObama.org into the world is offering a new platform for Chicagoans to rate Mayor ...

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...

Though the Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to approve Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera red-light ticketing plan, a class-action lawsuit filed...

A City Council vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's much-publicized Chicago Infrastructure Trust was, in what was somewhat of a surprise twist, deferred Wedne...

A number of Chicago aldermen and community activists alike are ramping up criticism of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $7 billion "new Chicago" infrastructure pl...

Everybody's talking about Mayor Emanuel's proposal to create a "trust fund" that would use private money to build infrastructure, though nobody seems ...

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...

A Chicago alderman urged indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) to either "get back to work" or to resign following a federal corruption charge...

Will Guzzardi isn't giving up in his quest to unseat the Boss's Daughter. With all precincts reporting, Guzzardi, a former Huffington Post editor, was...

A Cook County official facing federal tax-evasion charges is reportedly holding a fundraiser at a Navy Pier McDonald's to help cover his legal costs. ...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the subject Tuesday of a scathing profile published on Rolling Stone's website -- a rare piece of national criticism of...

In the spite of the public relations razzle-dazzle, the substance of the mayor's strategy is unshakably sound.

This story is courtesy of the Better Government Association As graduation rates were bottoming out at the City Colleges of Chicago in 2009, then-Ch...

Derrick Smith, the Illinois state representative indicted early this month on a federal corruption charge has kept a low profile since both his arrest...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday joined a growing chorus of influential Chicago Democrats speaking out against state Rep. Derrick Smith, who resoundingly ...

The following audio report examines judicial elections in Chicago. The campaign of Ricardo Lugo, who is running for the judgeship in the Sixth Sub-Circuit, is used as a case study.

Updated story The 39th District Illinois House primary race between incumbent state Rep. Maria "Toni" Berrios and her newcomer challenger -- and fo...

By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, March 20 (Reuters) - A Democratic state lawmaker from Chicago charged last week with accepting a bribe overw...