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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent sits outside the domestic violence courthouse, 555 W. Harrison St., in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Immigration agents spotted at domestic violence courthouse at 555 W. Harrison, despite state law

April 3, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

State law bars federal agents from making civil immigration arrests in or near courthouses, said critics who argued their appearance Thursday fit a troubling pattern.

After a City Council fight, coach house construction is now legal in many Chicago wards.

Coach houses now legal in much of Chicago as Mayor Brandon Johnson touts housing efforts

April 2, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

Many Chicago building owners finally got the green light this week to build coach houses and “granny flats" on their properties.

City workers clear tents from a homeless encampment at Legion Park in the North Park neighborhood, March 17, 2026, after a fire engulfed 15 tents in an encampment in the last week of February. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils homelessness plan as chief officer departs

March 31, 2026 at 5:26 p.m.

Asked what new taxes he could feasibly get enacted to fund the homelessness package, Mayor Brandon Johnson said “All of them have to be on the table.”

An image from video showing a large gathering of young people in Chicago's Loop on March 25, 2026. (Citizen/NBC5Chicago)

Year’s first ‘teen takeover’ in downtown Chicago sees eight arrests, more curfew discussion

March 26, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Eight were arrested and two dozen curfew violations issued after a chaotic “teen takeover” popped up downtown Wednesday night, the first of the year, according to Chicago police.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs a veto of an ordinance pausing a phaseout of the subminimum tipped wage as he’s joined by supporters, on March 25, 2026, at Let's Eat to Live restaurant in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoes tipped wage freeze, setting up City Council showdown

March 25, 2026 at 7:40 p.m.

Thirty aldermen last week voted to pause a 2023 ordinance that gradually eliminates Chicago's subminimum wage for tipped workers. Four more aldermen are needed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto.

A driver gets out of the “Abolish ICE” snowplow that won the naming contest, on March 25, 2026, at a Streets and Sanitation facility in the West Town neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago’s ‘Abolish ICE’ snowplow unveiled by Mayor Brandon Johnson as winner of annual contest

March 25, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

More than 9,000 people voted to rename one of six new Chicago snowplows "Abolish ICE" as part of a citywide contest that followed this fall's Operation Midway Blitz by the...

First Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Garien Gatewood, left, and Mayor Brandon Johnson arrive for a media availability at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago’s human rights commissioner resigns as Mayor Brandon Johnson defends public safety leaders’ firings

March 24, 2026 at 7:41 p.m.

Human Relations Commissioner Nancy Andrade will resign effective Wednesday from her role overseeing enforcement of the city's human rights and fair housing laws.

A passenger looks at two masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who stand just inside a passenger exit area in Terminal 1 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on March 23, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as TSA goes without pay amid partial shutdown

March 23, 2026 at 5:33 p.m.

At O'Hare, travelers have not seen significant delays, and security lines were not long and moving at a normal pace on Monday morning.

Dozens of rolls of “I voted” stickers on March 12, 2026, at the Cook County Clerk’s Election Operation Center in Cicero, where thousands of pieces of voting equipment are stored, tested and distributed. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

AIPAC funded secretive super PACs that hid contributors and spent big in Democratic primary, new records show

March 23, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Federal Election Commission filings released Friday night reveal that United Democracy Project, AIPAC’s affiliated super PAC, directed more than $5.3 million to bankroll the groups Elect Chicago Women and Affordable...

Kenya Merritt, interim head of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, talks at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications on Dec. 29, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cultural affairs pick sued by former employee

March 20, 2026 at 4:19 p.m.

Former first deputy DCASE commissioner Rosalyn Kimberly Grigsby is suing the city and Kenya Merritt under the Illinois Whistleblower Act.

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