Welcome to the first day of the year. Here’s a look back at what happened on January 1, according to the Tribune’s archives.

The mayor of south suburban Markham is asking President Joe Biden to pardon him before he leaves office on Jan. 20.

Chicagoans in 2025 will start paying more in certain taxes, fines and fees as part of balanced budget OK’d by Mayor Brandon ...

City Council members should ask the city's Board of Ethics to weigh in on any conflict between the mayor's duties and his ...

At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than 30,000 public employees, a politically powerful constituency. Today ...

Chicago taxpayers may pay a high price for the school board’s decision to fire Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson booted members of the public from a city meeting on his proposed 2025 budget on Monday after residents vocally protested against extensive funding for migrants.

"[Johnson] should be convicted of treason. We are dealing with a mayor who is a democratic socialist, and he's bringing an agenda to Chicago that's just not going to work. And it is an agenda of ...

As the deadline looms, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has called off Friday's already delayed, final vote on the city's 2025 budget proposal, which was set to take place at a City Council meeting.

Area 1 Deputy Chief Don Jerome faces suspensions in two pending disciplinary cases led by the Chicago Police Department ... criminal records to a top mayoral aide. In each case, the Chicago ...

FOR PITTSBURGHERS IF ELECTED. COREY O’CONNOR DREW SHARP CONTRASTS BETWEEN HIS HOPES AND VISION FOR PITTSBURGH AND THE CITY’S PERFORMANCE UNDER MAYOR ED GAINEY. WE CAN PROPEL PITTSBURGH FORWARD ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan came to Chicago on Monday to implore Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to “come to the table” and negotiate with him over a mass ...