Chicago City Council

Mayor Brandon Johnson is breathing new life into Lori Lightfoot’s stalled plan to make permanent an outdoor dining program that was a lifesaver for restaurants and bars during the darkest days of the pandemic — but in a way that preserves input from local City Council members.

Local Satanists are going after the city of Chicago saying their First Amendment rights are being violated.

Chicago’s City Council will have a lot of new alderpeople when it convenes Monday and some are making history. 

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has forged a compromise to shrink the number of City Council committees from 28 to 20 and replace Finance Committee Chairman Scott Waguespack (32nd) with Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd).

History was made in Chicago when the first two Asian American women were elected to the City Council.

Four-hundred and sixteen migrants have arrived in Chicago since August of last year, each of whom are costing the city $7,000 per month.

It’s a time of transition in the Mayor’s office, Chicago Police Department and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). But public safety cannot wait for these changes in leadership.

Last year will be remembered by many City Hall observers for the wave of incumbents who announced they’d give up their City Council seats — but this year has proven a record-breaking one for members being able to hold onto theirs.

A federal judge sentenced a convicted political operative to more than four years in prison Friday for bribing Chicago officials.

Brandon Johnson’s allies and transition advisers are working behind the scenes to put the mayor-elect’s stamp on the new City Council by tweaking the reorganization approved last month and installing more Johnson loyalists as key committee chairs.

Community organizer Desmon Yancy clinched his election as the next alderperson of the 5th Ward on Wednesday, with opponent Tina Hone conceding eight days after the polls closed on their South Side runoff.

Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) has officially parlayed his City Council appointment into election to a full term, as challenger Brian Comer on Tuesday conceded defeat a week after the polls closed in their runoff contest.