Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) agreed to hold off on a planned vote on his proposal to allow more time for discussion.

The Chicago City Council is expected to vote on a proposed change to the ordinance that limits local police cooperation with ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office with promises of mass deportations, a proposal to amend Chicago’s ...

South Loop’s FAME Center started in 2018 in what founder Sheila Fortson called “a broom closet” with just a few students and ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson admonished the audience at Wednesday’s City Council meeting amid outbursts during debate on a proposal ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development had representatives in Chicago on Wednesday for a major funding ...

The failed effort on carve-outs was spearheaded by Southwest Side colleagues Ray Lopez (15th) and Silvana Tabares (23rd), two of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most outspoken critics. The exceptions to the ...

Ald. Ray Lopez, 15th, sought to allow Chicago police officer to comply with orders from ICE officials to detain undocumented ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council will meet for the first time this year and the agenda is packed. One of the ...

CHICAGO - The Chicago City Council voted to block a proposal to allow city police to cooperate more with federal immigration enforcement on Wednesday. Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward) and Silvia Tabares ...