Wednesday marks the beginning of Chicago City Council’s budget hearings, with alderpersons and their residents upset with ...

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...

As Chicago voters this year make their picks for president and a host of statewide and local offices, voters will encounter a new section on the ballot: a slate of candidates vying for a spot on the ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Choose Chicago is trying a new approach to solve its perennial ...

CBS News Chicago asked candidates to share their views on four key issues facing the next board when all members are sworn in ...

The room tax could increase another 1.5 percentage points at downtown hotels that opt in to a proposed plan to increase the ...

Students at Hancock College Prep learned about the responsibilities of Chicago’s school board and how to develop an opinion ...

The funding would expand services and non-police response for behavioral crises, but the CDPH's own budget is set to shrink ...

If the projections hold true, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker could face difficult financial decisions, from increasing taxes to ...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris back no-tax-on-tips policy, but in an election where the economy is the No. 1 issue, ...

Facing a projected $1 billion shortfall, the mayor and the City Council are scrambling to balance the 2025 budget. How did we get here?

Carrie McCormick of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate has perfected a talent for the moment: pricing condos in a downturn.