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In the Northwest Side 1st Ward, progressive first-term incumbent Ald. Daniel La Spata was fending off challenges was close garnering more than half the vote to…
ExpandAutoplayImage 1 of 5Jeylú Gutiérrez, a candidate for 14th Ward alderman, celebrates on election night, Feb. 28, 2023, at Apollo’s 2000 Theatre in Little Village. (Brian…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot conceded defeat Tuesday night, ending her efforts for a second term and setting the stage for Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson to run…
The Associated Press is projecting that former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas won enough votes Tuesday to seal up a spot in the April runoff…
The difference between Lori Lightfoot’s political position in the 2019 mayor’s race and now couldn’t be starker.Buoyed by a corruption scandal involving powerful Ald. Edward Burke,…
Chicago’s City Council could be in line for an unusual amount of upheaval this election, as a bunch of aldermen walk away and plenty of incumbents…
Candidates for Chicago mayor crisscrossed the city Tuesday in the final day of a municipal election that saw Mayor Lori Lightfoot argue she deserves a second…
Chicago police said human remains were discovered Tuesday morning inside of a garbage bag left in a West Side alley. About 7 a.m., remains were discovered…
The highly anticipated bribery conspiracy trial of the so-called “ComEd Four” on charges involving an alleged scheme to influence then-House Speaker Michael Madigan has been delayed…
A 58-year-old woman was discovered dead Monday afternoon with head injuries in an apartment in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said.Around 5 p.m. Monday, the…