A push to legalize accessory dwelling units citywide in Chicago will face a key vote after a mayor-led compromise aimed at ...

If approved by the City Council on Wednesday, the measure would weaken the decades-old tradition known as aldermanic ...

The City of Chicago has scaled up its Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program, resulting in a 39% decrease in shooting incidents, a 35% decrease in fatal shootings, and a 41% decrease in ...

A measure to help Chicago’s city council limit the mayor’s ability to borrow money has fallen short in committee. Alderman ...

The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago homeowners to build basement, attic, garage, and coach house apartments on their ...

Homeowners in all 50 wards could build coach houses on their property if a proposal before the City Council on Wednesday ...

Chicago alders will consider allowing more accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, to provide more affordable housing.

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) spent more than a year trying to find common ground on the volatile issue of accessory dwelling ...

The program is called Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a safer Chicago or SC2. Tuesday, local leaders and advocates mark the one-year anniversary of the effort they say so far has been a ...

It is unclear whether Mayor Brandon Johnson has enough political muscle to convince at least 25 alderpeople to buck the ...

Recent polls show Democrats are perceived as 'out of touch' and 'weak' by many voters, as the party struggles with ...

A City Council push to wrest power away from Mayor Brandon Johnson and his successors by requiring more aldermanic support to issue debt narrowly failed to advance Monday.