A teen "wilding" scene and a CTA-related robbery near the Magnificent Mile over Easter weekend have renewed a downtown alderman's efforts to boost pol...

For many Chicagoans and visiting tourists, Segway tours along the lakefront allow them to take in all of the city's sights with none of the physical e...

After fixing some troubling provisions in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's ethics-reform ordinance, the Chicago City Council passed the measure on Thursday, the C...

A key committee of the Chicago City Council put forth a money-saving proposal to bring non-violent offenders from Cook County Jail to clean animal cag...

Chicago's outdoor patios and rooftop gardens would be free to stay open until midnight, under a seasonal test advanced by the City Council Wednesday t...

Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) said he doesn't support a new tax-increment financing district for the East Loop. ...

If talk show diva Oprah Winfrey decides to reprise this week's Michigan Avenue block party to open her 25th season, it could cost her a pretty penny....

Mayor Daley's unilateral decision to shut down Michigan Avenue for Oprah Winfrey's 24th season premiere "smacks of elitism" and is "kind of reckless,"...

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly talks about targeting the Bucket Boys with a new noise ordinance, what's next for the Chicago Children's Museum and why he will not support Todd Stroger for re-election.

Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) wants to get even tougher on street musicians who drive downtown residents to distraction by banging on plastic buckets all...

Three aldermen are calling on Mayor Richard Daley's administration to provide more information about the privatization of city assets such as the park...

Arguing that downtown restaurants, retailers and theaters desperately need a shot in the arm, a group of aldermen today proposed their very own Chicag...

Mayor Richard Daley's administration plans to eliminate the jobs of more than two dozen people who translate and answer questions for international vi...