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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This week's sudden outburst of rain in Chicago has some sounding the alarm on climate-related weather disasters and the resources needed to mitigate them. The latest: More severe storms hit the ...