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For the first time in 12 years, all alderpersons agreed to a plan that includes money for police raises, new firehouses, street repairs, and new jobs

Matt Scherer got a loan from the city to start a new business. Now some city council members are trying to ban it.

Objections to petitions filed by two first-time alderman candidates include signatures not being genuine and signers living outside the district

Five of 10 wards are contested, plus mayor and treasurer's races

With two filings on Wednesday, two more aldermanic races are being contested in the April 4 consolidated election in Springfield.

Candidates for mayor and city council and other municipal offices can start filing their petitions Monday morning for the 2023 election.

Whats next for the downtown hotel remains uncertain as density variance is turned back for a third time; mayor calls the 6-4 defeat "frustrating."

City council votes down Wyndham project again, citing concerns about losing hotel rooms

A vote Tuesday by the city council will send the matter of dissolution of the township ties to the public in a non-binding referendum on April 4.

Springfield City Council members weigh in on ordinance addressing pedestrians on medians and at high-volume intersections.