There were many accolades when the Lake Forest City Council honored Finance Director Elizabeth Holleb. For one council member ...

A top Department of Justice official — and former criminal defense attorney for Donald Trump — joined federal law enforcement ...

The grant for nearly $40,000 comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

District CEO Pedro Martinez’ administration has said the reserves idea is untenable, a sentiment some school finance ...

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Chicago is one of several US cities that are taking advantage of their bulk-buying power to spur new carbon-free energy development. “It’s a plan that gets the city to take action on climate ...

To date, the City of Chicago has spent more than $612 million providing emergency shelter and other services. NBC 5 Investigates found the bulk of that money - nearly $500 million - has gone to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The year 2024 marked the first time in five years the city of Chicago saw fewer than 600 murders. Still, 573 people in the city were murdered, according to data released by police ...

but the measure’s support was scarcely in doubt despite vehement opposition from the city’s business community. The Council voted 36-12 in favor of the ordinance that requires Chicago ...

Chicagoans won’t see their 2025 property tax bills rise to cover the cost of a city-imposed hike, but they will have to dig deeper to cover a host of tax and fee hikes that a deeply divided Chicago ...

They can be ruinous for a city’s long-term fiscal health. At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than ...