Halfway through Rahm Emanuel's first term, a new poll reports Chicagoans -- particularly lower-income and African-American voters -- are increasingly ...

Twenty-five years ago Sunday, Harold Washington, Chicago's first African-American mayor, abruptly died of a heart attack shortly after his reelection ...

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy promised in late 2011 that the city's new budget would provide for the department to hire more police off...

Making Chicago look profitable by cutting health, education, social and public safety services is taxing the collective psyche of our town to the point that by July we will really be in the red... blood red.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Illinois should have a statewide gun registry. Emanuel's idea isn't new.

Tuesday marks Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 52nd birthday. In honor of his special day, it appears possible that the mayor cut back his usually grue...

He may not be the most eloquent man in the world, but he does have decades of experience leading the country's third largest city. Apparently, that ca...

I am a fan of the vigorous new mayor of Chicago, but the last five months have given me a certain sense of déjà vu.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Thursday offered a glimpse into Mayor Rahm Emanuel's upcoming city budget, which will be introduced ne...

CHICAGO — When the White House announced Chicago would be the first American city outside Washington to host the NATO and G-8 summits, word got ...

A telephone survey of Chicago voters offers the most extensive clues yet about what Mayor Rahm Emanuel might do to close a $636 million budget gap. ...

Dear Mayor Emanuel: Yesterday's news that you plan to institute paid maternity leave for city employees moves our city firmly in the right direction.

In a move intended to "rein in the influence of lobbyists and ensure everyone in City government is working for Chicago’s taxpayers," Chicago Mayor ...

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...

After a long and dramatic journey, Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emanuel was sworn in Monday. Chicago residents gathered in Millennium Park on an unseason...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Rahm Emanuel was sworn in Monday as Chicago's first new mayor in more than two decades, a historic power shift for a city where the re...

On the eve of Mr. Emanuel's inaugural, it is folly to predict his fate. That's especially so given a national economy that a big-city mayor is impoten...

I propose Beyonce's anthem for singing on this upcoming inauguration day as we celebrate the inauguration of our new city clerk, Susana Mendoza and repeat winner, City Treasurer Stephanie Neely.

Story by Andrew Davis, courtesy of the Windy City Times Among the myriad topics Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel must confront during his term, which start...