The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

Chicago can’t change what happened 10 years ago, when City Hall closed dozens of schools despite warnings that it was a terrible idea. But CPS is at a make-or-break moment now. The mistakes of the past should be motivation to do better for students moving forward.

A City Hall scheme to encourage diversity is to be renamed in tribute to a Sadiq Khan aide who died from cancer aged 37.

On June 30, Mike Flannery, political editor of Fox 32-Chicago, will retire after 50 years on the beat. He sat down with the Sun-Times, where he got his start, to reminisce about his storied career and the “blind spots” of the Chicago mayors he has covered.

The High Court is now set to consider four of the five grounds put forward by the coalition of Tory councils challenging the Ulez expansion

Three taverns agreed to “corrective-action plans” requiring safety improvements. A fourth is expected to follow. The battle over East 75th Street offers a window into street-level democracy, Chicago-style.

A city zoning official recently issued an opinion based on what’s publicly known about the proposed 6 million square foot project. The family-backed venture isn’t giving up.

For one, the Johnson administration’s choices around community development and public safety matter for improving public transit, a UIC urban planning professor writes.

The Met said a ‘data transmission error’ meant they provided City Hall with ‘incorrect’ information on the number of child strip-searches carried out in 2021

MIAMI — A developer quietly paid Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at least $170,000 over the past two years to help cut through red tape and secure critical permits for his stalled real estate project in Coconut Grove, according to internal corporate records exclusively obtained by the Miami Herald.

A police spokesperson refused to reveal specifics of the reduction, fearing it could invite more threats against a former mayor who already has had her share.

‘Long-term vacant’ homes across London are thought to be worth some £20 billion in total