After reading Sid Schwab’s list of our President’s “achievements” (“Schwab: Sure, the SOTU address was a mess, but what else is new?’ The Herald, Feb. 27) and Willie Dickerson’s letter to the editor ...

For 60 years, nine mayors have had no choice but to contend with the famed civil rights activist, and sometimes defer to him ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a complicated, fraught and sometimes contentious relationship with Chicago mayors. For 60 years, nine mayors had no choice but to contend with him and sometimes defer to him ...

About 100 members of Chicago’s Iranian-American community gathered at Daley Plaza on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the U.S. attack on Iran.

Chicago's struggle to reclaim its streets from a 75-year private parking lease has morphed into a what-not-to-do case study for city planners.

Transit crime grabbed headlines again in 1978 after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Rita L. Hopkinson at Oak Park’s Austin Avenue L station. Mayor Michael Bilandic responded by proposing to add 100 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Feb. 16, 1933 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 27, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Sports front flashback: Feb. 28, 1998 ...

The City Council on Wednesday failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of an ordinance that would have banned the sale of most intoxicating hemp-derived products in Chicago. Alders passed the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a town hall Thursday evening to address the recently passed 2026 budget and hear from residents on the city’s West Side. The gathering included a ...

Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff for then-President Barack Obama, spoke to members of Detroit's Economic Club on Tuesday at the Masonic Temple. Introduced by ...