Andre Vasquez News Today

The Chicago City Council passed a quiet zone ordinance for a West Loop abortion clinic, but deferred votes on campaign finance and downtown curfews.

The Chicago City Council is closer to voting on an ordinance fining lobbyists for mayor campaign contributions. Johnson says it should apply to all.

The acknowledgement that approximately 500 people returned to city shelters after living there for at least two months raises new questions about plans by officials to start evicting families with school-age children from city shelters on Monday.

Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter will keep his job for now, thanks to several Black aldermen.

He saw the state legislature reject his biggest agenda items during the session: more than $1 billion in state funding for CPS, and a nearly $5 billion proposal for a new Chicago Bears stadium.

While the Chicago mayor has placed experienced city workers in charge of agencies, senior leaders in his inner circle lack government experience.

Hundreds of Chicagoans gathered to watch Rosehill Cemetery's Memorial Day parade on the North Side, which was followed by a ceremony, a cannon salute and cookout.

Civil rights leader Rev. Ira Acree is withdrawing his nomination for his appointment to the Regional Transportation Authority board.

Anti-abortion members of the Chicago City Council stalled efforts to shield women from intimidation on their way inside a West Loop abortion clinic.

Allies of the mayor used a parliamentary maneuver Wednesday to prevent a vote on the nomination of the Rev. Ira Acree to serve on the board of the Regional Transportation Authority, an acknowledgment they did not have the votes to confirm the politically connected pastor.