2008: Mayor Richard M. Daley struck a deal to close a budget shortfall — the city got a paltry $1.16 billion upfront in ...

Nora Daley rarely carries fewer than two bags. By her own admission, she’s a tote-bag maximalist. On a recent Thursday, Daley has paired her poppy-red pantsuit with two favorites: a canvas Chicago ...

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Navy Pier celebrated the 30th anniversary of its redevelopment with "A Chicago ExPierience Gala," honoring former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago's longest-serving mayor, for his visionary role in ...

An impassioned Mayor Brandon Johnson was in his element as he tailored his pitch to reinstate Chicago’s corporate head tax during a recent West Englewood town hall. “There’s a reason why more of our ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is working to fight hunger in the city. Mayor Johnson announced an order Saturday giving more resources to food pantries, nonprofits, and faith institutions to help feed ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago mayor remains head strong in his effort to keep a corporate head tax in his city budget plan. However, his time is ticking to settle the battle over the budget as some ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Wednesday that the city has filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) over what he called "unlawful" and "illegal" diversity, equity and ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to levy a $21-per-employee, per-month tax on companies was shot down by a city council committee on Monday. Members of the city council’s finance committee ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The battle over Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal is expected to go down to the wire with a vote scheduled for next week. Some alders are suggesting it may be so close it will ...

Fox News contributor and former NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro criticizes the legal system for repeatedly releasing the suspect and dismisses Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's claim that it was an 'isolated ...

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) -- It's been a century since someone nearly as young as Zohran Mamdani has become mayor of New York City, but it's his 74-year-old incoming first deputy mayor that believes ...