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Ten people are elbowing for position in the 48th Ward, angling to succeed Ald. Harry Osterman, and six are eyeing the neighboring 46th Ward, hoping to succeed Ald. James Cappleman

It comes as the city council sells some of its assets

CHICAGO — Even by Chicago politics’ standards, the recent spat between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alderman Derrick Curtis is strange.

Manchester’s historic Belle Vue Stadium stood abandoned for years before being turned into a housing estate, with the once iconic race track overgrown and its buildings dilapidated

It comes at a time when the city council continues to work to avoid Government intervention in the form of commissioners.

State regulators are still evaluating Bally’s overall casino proposal, which they submitted in August. But regulators gave the OK to entities controlled by the politically connected owner of the Medinah Temple.

Quinn chooses Garcia over Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whom he supported in 2019, and Paul Vallas, whom Quinn chose as his running mate in 2014.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an $800-million plan to convert the city's largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen — a first-of-its-kind project that was hailed by supporters as an important step to solve the climate crisis but slammed by critics as a…

DALLAS — The Dallas City Council called on federal lawmakers to protect reproductive rights Wednesday.

The proposal would treat nonprofits that provide life-saving programs the same as multibillion-dollar, for-profit companies involved in gaming and cannabis sales.

As newly elected Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and a City Council with an array of fresh faces review their first major crisis, the city’s top officials once again find themselves trying to figure out why the city botched its response to a significant weather event.