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

Legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed ...

Fresh off a rare defeat in Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday delivered some of his sharpest words yet against Mayor ...

If approved by the full City Council, violations of the ordinance could trigger fines of at least $2,000 and no more than ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation to regulate Delta 8 and Delta 9 products, banning their sale in gas stations ...

Marking a new chapter in an ongoing power struggle with Chicago Public Schools leadership, Mayor Brandon Johnson ... a slate of nine appointees, Johnson named business consultant Sean Harden ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new round of appointments to the Chicago Board of Education Monday evening. The mayor’s picks will join 10 elected members, who secured their seats during the city’s ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, shown at a City Council meeting ... restaurants and liquor stores could lose business to surrounding suburbs. The mayor agreed to restore 162 Chicago Police jobs ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson picked 10 of 11 people Monday to round out the city’s new half-elected, half-appointed school board — including some who ran unsuccessfully in Chicago’s first school ...

After a frantic search for votes that came up short, Mayor Brandon Johnson has ... stores could lose business to surrounding suburbs. The mayor agreed to restore 162 Chicago Police jobs tied ...