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With the Chicago Bears' potential deal with Arlington Heights still in limbo, the team on Wednesday hinted at a possible move to Northwest Indiana. Many people laughed when Indiana state legislators ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the weekend, but he also isn't signing it. Amid concerns that he would veto the ...

Chicago aldermen dealt a blow to Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration on Saturday and, in a rare move, passed an alternative proposal that omits a central part of the mayor's plan: a head tax on the ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, even as Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last-ditch effort to reintroduce ...

A potential veto of Chicago’s 2026 budget by Mayor Brandon Johnson could trigger the Windy City's first-ever municipal shutdown. Johnson reportedly rebuked the budget passed by council over the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A SWAT team responded to a disturbance on Chicago's Northwest Side on Sunday morning. Video from the scene in the city's Irving Park neighborhood captured SWAT team members, along ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare and tension-filled Saturday session, a budget that does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate ...

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As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids continue, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region and the nation. The Department of Homeland Security said it had arrested more than 4 ...