Advocates for both asylum-seekers and homeless Chicagoans have supported the move toward a unified network, saying it will boost resources for the unhoused. Others warn it will overwhelm an already ...

Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for Martinez to step down comes weeks after reports that Johnson was already laying the ...

At this year’s Treatment Not Trauma summit, organizers set their sights on phasing out a police response to mental health ...

Martinez has two years left on his contract​, which was approved by the Chicago Board of Education after he was appointed in ...

After months of tension, Mayor Brandon Johnson told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez this week that he wants the ...

Chicago’s iconic Maxwell Street Market has served locals for more than a century. But even after a return to its original ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to get rid of the controversial gunshot detection program, saying it's too expensive and doesn't ...

The Chicago Teachers Union has accused schools chief Pedro Martinez of looking into school consolidations, pointing to a ...

The average age of a Chicago public school is 83 years and 70 schools have facilities built before 1900. It would cost $14.4 ...

Former Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner, a mentor to leaders like Chicago's Mayor Lightfoot, has died at 81. His work ...

He was a suburban Republican, but one of the young lawyers he took under his wing was Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat who went on to become a friend, a federal prosecutor and mayor of Chicago. “For me, Ty ...