A legislative hearing called to discuss funding issues facing Chicago Public Schools made clear the problems but produced little in the way of solutions.

Angela J. Green appointed Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family & Support Services, bringing over 20 years of ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance team is briefing members of the City Council on potential new or expanded revenue streams.

The Sun-Times is a non-profit newsroom. We rely on our readers to fund our work. This keeps us accountable to you, not hedge ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is implementing a hiring freeze for the city through the end of the year. That ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says a corporate head tax would not be a job killer, but Republicans in the city disagree. At a ...

The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being ...

Washington County Board of Education officials are considering a proposal to transfer ownership of the old Jonesborough ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he’s open to reviving the job-killing head tax and a thinly disguised bid to impose a city corporate income tax. These are terrible ideas.

Lakeside High School's former library is getting a new purpose this fall as it undergoes a major renovation into what art ...

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