Alderman Bennett Lawson introduced legislation this week to expand the city’s ADU ordinance beyond its five pilot zones.

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop reviews recent comments from Chicago ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

A Zoning Committee vote on the plan that advocates say will add density and affordability had been scheduled for Tuesday, ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Chicago has approved funding for the construction of the first urban Native American-inspired affordable housing project, known as Jigzibik, which will contain 45 affordable rentals and is a ...

A west suburban pool is instituting additional security measures after hundreds of teenagers and young adults flooded the facility last weekend, prompting the pool’s early closure and one arrest.

According to data from the city and Chicago Police Department, total violent crime is down at least 22% thus far in 2025, ...

Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of more than 1,400 district workers, including over 400 teachers, on Friday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into the state of Minnesota’s allegedly ...

La., to “speak up” regarding ICE’s immigration enforcement that the mayor characterized as “terrorism.” Johnson has also said ...

America’s two largest cities are currently represented by Black mayors: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who was elected in 2022 in a decisive victory over billionaire Rick Caruso, and New York City ...