Homeowners in West Garfield Park, Tri-Taylor and Lawndale saw the highest effective tax rates on the West Side during the second part of 2018, according to an analysis by Local Government Services (LGIS), which publishes the Chicago City Wire.

Challenger Andre Vasquez unseated 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O'Connor in Tuesday's election.

With 40 of 41 precincts reporting, Cardona had 54.36 percent of the vote (3,378) to Santiago's 45.6 percent (2,836), according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Incumbent Alderman Ariel E. Reboyras retained his 30th Ward post on Tuesday night with 51.92 percent of the votes (3,999) to challenger’s Jessica W. Gutierrez's 48.08 percent (3,703) with all 32 precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Incumbent Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. retained his 21st Ward post on Tuesday night with 53.16 percent of the votes (6,996) to challenger’s Marvin McNeil's 46.84 percent (6,165) with all 54 precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

With 33 of 36 precincts reporting, Coleman had 66.70 percent of the vote (3,305) to Foulkes' 33.3 percent (1,650), according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Incumbent Alderman Raymond A. Lopez retained his 15th Ward post on Tuesday night, bringing in 59,22 percent of the votes (2,994) to challenger’s Rafael "Rafa" Yanez's 40.78 percent (2,062) with all 24 precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Incumbent Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer retained his 6th Ward post on Tuesday night, bringing in 53.50 percent of the votes (5,794) to challenger’s Deborah A. Foster-Bonner's 46.5 percent (5,035) with 47 of 48 precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Incumbent Alderman Michele Smith retained her 43rd Ward post on Tuesday night, bringing in 53.70 percent of the votes (6,961) to challenger’s Derek Lindblom’s 46.30 percent (6,001) with 45 of 46 precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Lori Lightfoot won Chicago’s mayoral race on Tuesday to become the first African-American woman to lead the nation’s third largest city.

Sarah Harrell purchased 14514 S. Eggleston Ave. in South Chicago for $60,000 in 1995, or $99,453 in today's dollars.

Even without the increases in the Illinois gas tax now being proposed by state lawmakers, Illinois has the 10th highest state gas taxes in the nation, according to July 2018 numbers from the Washington-based Tax Foundation.

Illinois has 13 Division I college basketball teams eligible for the NCAA tournament.

With less than two weeks to go before the April 2 election, Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle has stopped purchasing television ads.

If you thought former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios had been banished to wherever the Chicago Machine stores its newly clout-less, think again.

The facts about Chicago Public Schools are grim.

Roberto Maldonado won the Ward 26 alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 4,300 votes to challenger Theresa Siaw's 2,392 with all 49 precincts reporting.

Walter Burnett Jr. won the Ward 27 alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 6,525 votes to challenger Cynthia D. Bednarz' 2,817 with 48 of 50 precincts reporting.

Jason C. Ervin won the Ward 28 alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 4,802 votes to challenger Jasmine Jackson's 1,182 with all 46 precincts reporting.

Chris Taliaferro won the Ward 29 alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 5,607 votes to challenger Dwayne Truss' 2,587 with 40 of 44 precincts reporting.