New gun range rules approved by City Council
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a more lenient set of rules for the potential location of gun ranges in the city, after one key alderman said they would...
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Alderman targets prostitution at massage businesses
The city would come down harder on sham therapeutic massage parlor operators who are really in the business of prostitution under an ordinance drafted by a Southwest Side alderman. Ald....
Preckwinkle: Soda tax will stand despite repeal campaign
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle believes efforts to sway a commissioner to help repeal a countywide sweetened beverage tax before it takes effect in July will come to naught....
Emanuel unveils latest CPS money-borrowing plan for district already $9 billion in debt
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday detailed plans for another round of borrowing to keep Chicago Public Schools afloat, a move that will sink the financially teetering school district deeper into...
Emanuel unveils $389 million borrowing plan for CPS to finish school year, pay pensions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top aides on Friday laid out an eleventh-hour, $389 million borrowing plan to get Chicago Public Schools through the rest of the school year and make a...
Alderman, victimized by squirrel, still fighting trash-seeking furry rodents
Ald. Howard Brookins on Wednesday continued his war on rats and squirrels that gnaw on city garbage carts, with a little help from City Council Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke....
Alderman on CPS: ‘Take Rauner by his neck and wring it’
The head of the Chicago City Council Budget Committee on Tuesday sought to point the blame at Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner when it comes to finding a way to avoid...
Gun deal emails spurred city probe into racist, sexist Water Department messages
Emails about gun deals played a key role in a city inspector general's investigation that led to last week's shake-up at the Water Department, sources familiar with the probe said...
Chicago water commissioner resigns amid IG probe into racist, sexist emails
Chicago's water commissioner has resigned amid what City Hall sources say is an inspector general investigation into racist and sexist email messages sent at the agency. Out is Barrett Murphy,...
Cook Circuit Court clerk racial discrimination lawsuit settled for $97,500
The Cook County Board on Wednesday voted to pay $97,500 to settle a case brought by a former administrative assistant who alleged that she was fired for reporting that she...