Mayor Johnson tapped Emmanuel Andre, a longtime public defender and restorative justice advocate, to fill the role.

The spring legislative session begins winding down with lawmakers still debating stadium funding, prescription drug costs, ...

Four candidates have already filed for school board president, and a fifth from the Chicago Teachers Union plans to join them ...

It used to be that if you showed up at the old Diplomat Motel over on Lincoln Avenue, you were probably in for quite a time. What kind of time likely couldn’t have been discussed in polite company.

“The Chi” is full of little tributes to creator Lena Waithe’s real-life experience as a Chicago native. Coogie, a pivotal figure who dies tragically in Season 1, is named after a person from her ...

After more than a century of teaching brewers from around the world, the Siebel Institute of Technology announced Thursday it’s leaving Chicago for Montreal. The school said in a news release the move ...

Chicago’s independent music venues have been putting on a good show lately. Relative newcomer The Salt Shed is selling out most shows and leaning into an onsite music village concept with a record ...

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor announced Thursday he was dropping charges against the remaining members of the “Broadview Six” in a stunning hearing that revealed apparent misconduct before a grand ...

Nearly two-thirds of arts workers in Chicago reported earning less than $40,000 annually in a new survey that takes stock of the sector. Those earnings fall below the city’s overall average income per ...

The risk of Ebola arriving in Chicago is low, but local leaders are using lessons from a decade-old playbook they created ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sits down with ‘In the Loop’ host Sasha-Ann Simons to answer listener questions on a wide range ...

The [Federal Reserve] is not the bad guy. The Fed is the guardian of the galaxy,” Austan Goolsbee, the president of the ...