For months, Mayor Brandon Johnson tried desperately to overcome steadfast opposition from business and labor leaders and round up the votes he needed to confirm progressive firebrand Ald. Byron Sigcho ...

Brandon Johnson is playing politics as his predecessors did, like appointing loyal organizers. But the flavor of his politics ...

CHICAGO - The Chicago City Council has approved 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett's appointment as zoning board chair. This ...

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez pushed the committee to approve the landmark designation but ultimately failed as the Archdiocese of ...

Opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nomination of progressive firebrand Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez as chair of the City Council ...

Ald. Brendan Reilly told WBEZ “It’s simply a tweet” after his colleagues condemned it, but later deleted the post.

A hot-blooded neighborhood fight will continue to boil after the City Council’s Zoning Committee voted Tuesday to put off a ...

The powerful Zoning Committee has been without a permanent chair for almost a year as Mayor Brandon Johnson unsuccessfully ...

The shift by Brandon Johnson to elevate Alderman Walter Burnett into the post key to the city’s real estate business follows ...

The appointment ends a months-long saga after Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa resigned as zoning chair and as the mayor’s floor ...