Incumbent Sophia King won the 4th Ward Alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 8,675 votes to challenger Ebony D. Lucas' 4,457 with 37 of 38 precincts reporting.
Daniel La Spata won the race for Chicago's 1st Ward alderman Tuesday night, bringing in 6,909 votes to challenger Proco "Joe" Moreno's 4,415 with all 44 precincts reporting.
Incumbent Patricia "Pat" Dowell won the 3rd Ward Alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 8,647 votes to challenger Alexandria Willis' 3,884 with all 41 precincts reporting.
Incumbent Roderick T. Sawyer won the 6th Ward alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 4,826 votes to second-place challenger Deborah A. Foster-Bonner's 2,904 with 47 of 48 precincts reporting.
Leslie A. Hairston and William Calloway will participate in a run-off election on April 2 to see who will serve as Chicago's 5th Ward alderman after voters failed to elect a clear winner on Tuesday.
Melissa Conyears-Ervin and Ameya Pawar will participate in a run-off election on April 2 to see who will serve as Chicago's city treasurer after voters failed to elect a clear winner on Tuesday.
Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle will participate in a run-off election on April 2 to see who will serve as Chicago's first African-American female mayor after voters failed to elect a clear winner on Tuesday.
Cook County paid out more than $1.23 million in worker’s compensation benefits last month, according to records obtained by Chicago City Wire through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
City Colleges of Chicago, which has a taxpayer-funded annual budget of more than $523 million, is considering a 2 percent annual tuition increase over the next four years despite tumbling enrollment and questions surrounding its graduation numbers.
Chicago mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza paid her now-husband nearly $34,000 to build a campaign website and perform "media services," according to Illinois State Board of Elections filings.
Democrat Bill Daley has raised the most money among the 14 candidates vying to be Chicago’s next mayor and he’s also attracted some of the biggest donors.
Lori Lightfoot leads all 14 Chicago mayoral candidates in the number of campaign donations received with 1,295 brought in between Jan 1, 2018 and Jan. 31, 2019, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Between Jan 1, 2018 and Jan. 31 2019, the 14 candidates for Chicago mayor reported receiving a total of $20,615,097 in campaign funds, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.
The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a group of top executives from the area’s biggest employers, this week proposed paying off more than $130 billion in state pension debt by hiking taxes while leaving the pensions themselves largely untouched.
In June 2016, the Chicago Reader named Chicago First Ward Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno and Oak Park-reared non-profit executive Celena Roldan the city's second-ranked "power couple."
Willie Wilson for Mayor, the candidate committee, reported receiving $704,580 from Sept. 4 through Jan. 17, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.