After years of battling the city and nearby businesses for the right to stay open, the owner of a landmark Chicago hot dog stand famous for employing ...

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

Days after announcing that Chicago Police would get new riot gear, including 3,000 new face shields, in time for the NATO/G8 summits in May, Mayor Rah...

The most recent U.S. Census data was described by some as a "shellacking" of Chicago, which reportedly saw a 200,000 person drop in population over 10...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has an early Valentine's Day gift for Chicago police as they continue to prepare for the concurrent NATO and G8 summits tha...

With the Occupy Chicago movement so visible, understanding what young voters want is pressing. What are their issues and their agenda for change? And will they vote and determine the outcome of the 2012 elections?

Illinois' two U.S. senators this week addressed the continuing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that have only continued to grow in their home state ...

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close three police stations in response to the city's budget crisis has ...

Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) announced at a news conference Sunday that she will introduce an ordinance backed by the Chicago Teachers Union requiring v...

The owner of Felony Franks, a prison-themed West Side hot dog stand, on Thursday installed a sign advertising his business following a two-year legal ...

Felony Franks, a hot dog stand on the Near West Side, has been in a tussle with its alderman for years. Now, it's taking the dispute somewhere it ough...

Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) called the mayor's budget "a quick fix" that will force his successor and the aldermen to deal with deficits again in the c...

t seemed like the City Council might be growing a pair in the wake of Mayor Daley's parking meter mess and his exposed Olympic financial guarantees. ...

Honorary street signs in Chicago could soon start coming down. That's if a proposal from Alderman Bob Fioretti becomes law. ...

I watched a steady stream of parents with kids almost getting hit by cars, and the local alderman, police and news stations did everything but laugh in my face for telling them what I was seeing.

Ald. Bob Fioretti introduced an ordinance that would ban metal bats from Chicago youth baseball. "This is an issue of actual injury. This is an issue...