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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 ...

Friday nights in Chicago mean one thing: impossible reservations at the city’s hottest Italian spots. These restaurants have mastered the art of turning simple pasta and pizza into unforgettable ...

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 ...

A Chicago dog under observation for biting an individual tested positive for rabies, the state’s first confirmed canine case in decades. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the dog ...

Chicago is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the City Council held a final vote on a budget plan following an hours-long session on Saturday, but the city is not out of the woods ...

The deranged career criminal charged with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge for allegedly trying to torch City Hall just days earlier.

As the Chicago Bears openly consider constructing a new stadium in Northwest Indiana, team officials say the franchise’s presence in Lake Forest will continue. Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren ...

CHICAGO — A man is in custody on Friday morning after authorities say he started a fire on a CTA Blue Line train on the West Side. According to Chicago police, the incident unfolded just after 6 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers appeared unmoved Thursday by the Chicago Bears’ decision to consider building a new stadium in Indiana, expressing skepticism about the move and downplaying it as the organization’s ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears say they're mulling a move to Northwest Indiana with their efforts to secure public funding they say they need to build an enclosed stadium in Illinois stalled. Team ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office blasted the Chicago Bears announcement that they are considering moving to Northwest Indiana, since state officials have declined to subsidize their plans to build a new ...