Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which covers everything from hotels ...

Chicago has been named the “Best Big City" in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler in their annual Readers' Choice Awards ...

The Chicago city budget that Mayor Brandon Johnson has put forward for 2026 offers a clear window into his mayoralty. Beneath the technical language and spreadsheets lies a simple reality: it is ...

A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.

While the eyes of the country are turned toward the midterm elections on November 3, many Chicagoans are also looking to a heated race for the city’s next mayor. When is Chicago’s next mayoral ...

Chicago’s Theaster Gates has been demonstrating the power and possibility of artists as city-builders for almost 20 years using a South Side neighborhood in his hometown as the prototype. ByChadd ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

The next Chicago mayoral election will be held on Feb. 23, 2027. 10 candidates have formally announced campaigns so far, but others are expected to declare in the coming months. The list of hopefuls ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more ...